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if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
trad. 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命
Also written 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命【jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng】
Characters in this word 12 机
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 surname Ji
Pinyin Jī
Traditional 機
Strokes 6
Frequency 4100 of 2500 关
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 surname Guan
Pinyin Guān
Traditional 關
Strokes 6
Frequency 1629 of 2500 算
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 to calculate; to figure out, to include; to count in, to count; to be valid; to carry weight, to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
Pinyin suàn
Strokes 14
Frequency 1031 of 2500 尽
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 to the greatest extent, (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme, to be within the limits of, to give priority to
Pinyin jǐn
Traditional 儘
Strokes 6
Frequency 2396 of 2500 太
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely
Pinyin tài
Strokes 4
Frequency 185 of 2500 聪
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 (literary) acute (of hearing), (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
Pinyin cōng
Traditional 聰
Strokes 15 明
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 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 反
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
Pinyin fǎn
Strokes 4
Frequency 2794 of 2500 了
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 (completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Pinyin le
Strokes 2
Frequency 4 of 2500 卿
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 high ranking official (old), term of endearment between spouses (old), (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old), honorific (old)
Pinyin qīng
Strokes 10
Frequency 30633 of 2500 性
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 nature, character, property, quality, attribute, sexuality, sex, gender, suffix forming adjective from verb, suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity, essence, CL:個|个[ge4]
Pinyin xìng
Strokes 8
Frequency 2159 of 2500 命
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Strokes: KanjiVG , CC BY-SA 3.0 life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc
Pinyin mìng
Strokes 8
Frequency 1561 of 2500