Mnemonic comic for 二
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Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
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二 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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Characters with 二 as component
three / 3
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to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
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(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
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clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
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shameful / ugly / disgraceful
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eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
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a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly
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work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
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to show / to reveal
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(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
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Words with 二
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal
lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
Sentences with 二
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