开卷有益 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

开kāi卷juàn有yǒu益yì

lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
trad. 開卷有益

Also written 開卷有益【kāi juàn yǒu yì】

Characters in this word

4

开

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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Pinyin: kāi
Traditional: 開

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 467 of 2500

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卷

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to roll up, (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation), (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive, a roll, classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

Pinyin: juǎn

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 3774 of 2500

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有

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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

Pinyin: yǒu

Strokes: 6
Frequency: 13 of 2500

Words starting with 有 Words ending in 有 Anywhere in a word

益

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surname Yi

Pinyin: Yì

Strokes: 10

Words starting with 益 Words ending in 益 Anywhere in a word