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两国相争,不斩来使

when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

Characters and words in 两国相争,不斩来使

liǎng = li + ang3
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
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both countries / two countries
both countries; two countries
guó = gu + o2
guó = gu + o2
country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]
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xiāng = xi + ang1
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
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xiàng = xi + ang4
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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to vie against one another / to fight each other / mutual aggression
zhēng = zh + (e)ng1
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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zhǎn = zh + an3
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
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lái = l + ai2
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使
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
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Words with 两国相争,不斩来使

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