先下手为强
Characters and words in 先下手为强
early / prior / former / in advance / first
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
下
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一
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卜
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Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
because of / for / to
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
surname Qiang
强
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弓
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虽
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The Queen of Hearts is about to explore the catacombs of the anglepod. In the kitchen, she feels strong and well prepared: although she walks through the valley of the shadow of death, she will fear no evil. Especially since she brought her composite bow and a big bucket of body building protein powder making her strong.
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
强
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弓
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虽
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The Queen of Hearts is about to explore the catacombs of the anglepod. In the kitchen, she feels strong and well prepared: although she walks through the valley of the shadow of death, she will fear no evil. Especially since she brought her composite bow and a big bucket of body building protein powder making her strong.
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort
variant of 強|强[jiang4]
variant of 強|强[qiang2]
强
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弓
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虽
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The Queen of Hearts is about to explore the catacombs of the anglepod. In the kitchen, she feels strong and well prepared: although she walks through the valley of the shadow of death, she will fear no evil. Especially since she brought her composite bow and a big bucket of body building protein powder making her strong.
variant of 強|强[qiang3]
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