a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
trad. 夏蟲不可以語冰
Also written 夏蟲不可以語冰【xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng】
Characters in this word
7夏
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the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC, Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432), surname Xia
- Pinyin
- Xià
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5748 of 2500
虫
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variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
- Pinyin
- chóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5612 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 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
语
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dialect, language, speech
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Traditional
- 語
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8417 of 2500
冰
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ice, CL:塊|块[kuai4], to chill sth, (of an object or substance) to feel cold, (of a person) cold, unfriendly, (slang) methamphetamine
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3839 of 2500