Character data
HSK
3
FREQUENCY
36th character
RADICAL
⽽ (126.0)
STROKES
6
INDEX #
392
Character data
| HSK | 3 |
| Frequency | 36th character |
| Radical | ⽽ (126.0) |
| Strokes | 6 |
| Index # | 392 |
Definitions
| 而 ér |
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Stroke order
Words containing 而
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in sight but unattainable (idiom); inaccessible
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to wait for a good offer
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back off when it seems too hard; quit early
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directly; in one's face (of wind); head-on (collision)
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return crestfallen after defeat
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to swarm around; flocking (to see)
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to spread like wildfire; to get round fast
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metaphysics
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the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)
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to storm off in a huff (idiom)
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to speak in general terms
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to return from a rewarding journey
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top-down
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to lump different matters together (idiom)
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to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
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to jump up suddenly; to rise up in one bound; to bound up
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come for its fame; visit because well-known
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to stop suddenly; to break off at once
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sth assaults the senses; directly in one's face
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aged thirty (see 三十而立sān shí ér lì)
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to ignore deliberately
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to do the same thing by chance
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to flinch; to shrink back
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fig. to find a way out of an impasse
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to act at once on hearing the news; to respond instantly
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