there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
trad. 天上不會掉餡餅
Also written 天上不會掉餡餅【tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng】
Characters in this word
7天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
会
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can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- Pinyin
- huì
- Traditional
- 會
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 31 of 2500
掉
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to fall, to drop, to lag behind, to lose, to go missing, to reduce, fall (in prices), to lose (value, weight etc), to wag, to swing, to turn, to change, to exchange, to swap, to show off, to shed (hair), (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- Pinyin
- diào
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 625 of 2500
馅
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filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Traditional
- 餡
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 29658 of 2500
饼
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round flat cake, cookie, cake, pastry, CL:張|张[zhang1]
- Pinyin
- bǐng
- Traditional
- 餅
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5532 of 2500