lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
Characters in this word
4投
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3391 of 2500
鼠
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(bound form) rat; mouse
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 13224 of 2500
忌
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to be jealous of, fear, dread, scruple, to avoid or abstain from, to quit, to give up sth
- Pinyin
- jì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 19851 of 2500
器
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device, tool, utensil, CL:臺|台[tai2]
- Pinyin
- qì
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 4355 of 2500