两
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
两
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一
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从
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冂
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Li Qingzhao is on a treasure hunt in the anglepod, following a secret map she found. Finally she found a treasure chest guarded by a rubber chicken which she has to overcome. Luckily, the map mentions a tune that Li Qingzhao plays on her flute, and thus bewitching the rubber chicken. The rubber chicken releases the treasure chest, which is full of taels of gold.
两 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
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
冂
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丨
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㇆
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Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
Characters with 两 as component
to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark
Manchu ethnic group
满
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两
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氵
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艹
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Mahathma Gandhi stuffed the inside of the anthill with artificial lawn. Everyone is extremely annoyed by this packing, but as he sprinkles water out of a water bottle on the artificial lawn, it dawns on them: he smuggled taels of gold in the lawn, which slowly grow out of the lawn as he distributes the water and laughs happily. The whole anthill is soon full of golden taels.
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented
满
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两
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氵
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艹
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Mahathma Gandhi stuffed the inside of the anthill with artificial lawn. Everyone is extremely annoyed by this packing, but as he sprinkles water out of a water bottle on the artificial lawn, it dawns on them: he smuggled taels of gold in the lawn, which slowly grow out of the lawn as he distributes the water and laughs happily. The whole anthill is soon full of golden taels.
Words with 两
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently
(idiom) thriving; (of a city) populous and wealthy; (of a family) large and prosperous