lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside; to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
Characters in this word
8他
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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his, (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7 of 2500
山
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surname Shan
- Pinyin
- Shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2411 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
石
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surname Shi, abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- Pinyin
- Shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7503 of 2500
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
攻
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to attack, to accuse, to study, (LGBT) top
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 19734 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500