General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
trad. 吳下阿蒙
Also written 吳下阿蒙【Wú xià ā Méng】
Characters in this word
4吴
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surname Wu, area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai, name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- Pinyin
- Wú
- Traditional
- 吳
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9156 of 2500
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500
阿
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prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity, used in transliteration, (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]), (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]), (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]), (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]), also pr. [a4]
- Pinyin
- ā
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1011 of 2500
蒙
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(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
- Pinyin
- méng
- Traditional
- 懞
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 6524 of 2500