solve one problem only to find another cropping up
trad. 按下葫蘆浮起瓢
Also written 按下葫蘆浮起瓢【àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo】
Characters in this word
7按
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to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain, to keep one's hand on, to check or refer to, according to, in the light of, (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- Pinyin
- àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1053 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
葫
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used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2 lu5]
- Pinyin
- hú
- Strokes
- 12
芦
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rush, reed, Phragmites communis
- Pinyin
- lú
- Traditional
- 蘆
- Strokes
- 7
浮
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to float, superficial, floating, unstable, movable, provisional, temporary, transient, impetuous, hollow, inflated, to exceed, superfluous, excessive, surplus
- Pinyin
- fú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 20077 of 2500
起
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to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch, to initiate (action), to draft, to establish, to get (from a depot or counter), verb suffix, to start, starting from (a time, place, price etc), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 687 of 2500
瓢
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dipper, ladle
- Pinyin
- piáo
- Strokes
- 16