lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
Characters in this word
4南
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surname Nan
- Pinyin
- Nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4785 of 2500
箕
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winnow basket
- Pinyin
- jī
- Strokes
- 14
北
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north, (classical) to be defeated
- Pinyin
- běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 6397 of 2500
斗
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abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
- Pinyin
- Dǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7149 of 2500