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夏蟲不可以語冰
简 夏虫不可以语冰 · 繁 夏蟲不可以語冰Mandarin · pinyin xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
Meanings
- a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 夏
- xià · summer; great, grand, big
- 蟲
- chóng · worms; insects
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 可
- kě · may, can, -able; possibly
- 以
- yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
- 語
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- 冰
- bīng · ice; ice-cold
- 虫
- chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142
- 语
- yǔ · language, words; saying, expression
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Mandarin tones
4–2–4–3–3–3–1 · xia4 chong2 bu4 ke3 yi3 yu3 bing1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haa6 cung4 bat1 ho2 ji5 jyu5 bing1
Cantonese word readings for 夏蟲不可以語冰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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haa6 cung4 bat1 ho2 ji5 jyu5 bing1
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