旗鼓相当
Characters and words in 旗鼓相当
flag / variant of 旗[qi2]
旗
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方
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𠂉
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其
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Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4]
旗
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方
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𠂉
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其
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Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
old variant of 鼓[gu3]
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
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])
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
相
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木
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目
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Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
equivalent to / appropriate / considerably / to a certain extent / fairly / quite
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
Words with 旗鼓相当
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