see 明槍易躲，暗箭難防|明枪易躲，暗箭难防[ming2 qiang1 yi4 duo3 , an4 jian4 nan2 fang2]
trad. 明槍好躲，暗箭難防
Also written 明槍好躲，暗箭難防【míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng】
Characters in this word
8明
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- Pinyin
- Míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4563 of 2500
枪
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiāng
- Traditional
- 槍
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 496 of 2500
好
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good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a form of address) hello
- Pinyin
- hǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 11 of 2500
躲
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to hide, to dodge, to avoid
- Pinyin
- duǒ
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 1376 of 2500
暗
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variant of 暗[an4]
- Pinyin
- àn
- Traditional
- 晻
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2844 of 2500
箭
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arrow, CL:支[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 7824 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
防
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to protect, to defend, to guard against, to prevent
- Pinyin
- fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 15971 of 2500