- 一(one; horizontal stroke)
- 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
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lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
Three monks have no water to drink is a fable story.
fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
Three monks have no water to drink.
(If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
Three monks have no water to drink is a fable story.
fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
Three monks have no water to drink.
(If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
A person standing straight like a stroke in a ledger is an individual.
A mouth singing songs beside ripe rice fields creates harmonious peace.
A mouth uttering words from a distant small place elevates something lofty and admirable.
Water pressing down and submerging everything like a stick striking downward causes things to disappear.
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
An open mouth drinking water sounds like "hat," the word for seed.
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
A person standing straight like a stroke in a ledger is an individual.
A mouth singing songs beside ripe rice fields creates harmonious peace.
A mouth uttering words from a distant small place elevates something lofty and admirable.
Water pressing down and submerging everything like a stick striking downward causes things to disappear.
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
An open mouth drinking water sounds like "hat," the word for seed.
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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