See 三下五除二 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "A mnemonic device to aid with adding 3 to 2, 3 and 4 in base 10 (also 7, 8 and 9 in base 16) on an abacus.\nFor example, to calculate 3+3:\n# Start with three beads on the bottom (each lower bead is equal to 1).\n# Move one of the top beads down (each top bead is equal to 5).\n# Take away two of the beads from the bottom.\n# This leaves you with one top bead (5) and one bottom bead (1), for a total of 6.",
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"literal_meaning": "three, down five, take away two",
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"english": "After a while, a little boy came in and expertly took hold of the snake. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off its head",
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"ref": " 2005: anon, 五步毒蛇与含笑半步颠",
"roman": "yīhuìr yīge xiǎo nánhái zǒu jìnlái, hěn xiánshú de niē qǐ shé sān xià wǔ chú èr jiù jiāng shé tóu kǎn diào le",
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"text": "一會兒一個小男孩走進來，很嫻熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就將蛇頭砍掉了",
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"english": "After a while, a little boy came in and expertly took hold of the snake. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off its head",
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"ref": " 2005: anon, 五步毒蛇与含笑半步颠",
"roman": "yīhuìr yīge xiǎo nánhái zǒu jìnlái, hěn xiánshú de niē qǐ shé sān xià wǔ chú èr jiù jiāng shé tóu kǎn diào le",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
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"text": "一会儿一个小男孩走进来，很娴熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就将蛇头砍掉了",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"(doing things) in an instant; in the blink of an eye; quickly and easily"
],
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"quickly",
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"(figurative) (doing things) in an instant; in the blink of an eye; quickly and easily"
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sān xià wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄦˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ haa⁶ ng⁵ ceoi⁴ ji⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sān xià wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "san sià wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ hsia⁴ wu³ chʻu² êrh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān syà wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "san shiah wuu chwu ell"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сань ся у чу эр"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹ sja u ču er"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam hah ńgh chèuih yih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ haa⁶ ng⁵ tsoey⁴ ji⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ ha⁶ ng⁵ cêu⁴ yi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ haː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jiː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ haː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jiː²²/"
}
],
"word": "三下五除二"
}
{
"etymology_text": "A mnemonic device to aid with adding 3 to 2, 3 and 4 in base 10 (also 7, 8 and 9 in base 16) on an abacus.\nFor example, to calculate 3+3:\n# Start with three beads on the bottom (each lower bead is equal to 1).\n# Move one of the top beads down (each top bead is equal to 5).\n# Take away two of the beads from the bottom.\n# This leaves you with one top bead (5) and one bottom bead (1), for a total of 6.",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "three, down five, take away two",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 二",
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"english": "After a while, a little boy came in and expertly took hold of the snake. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off its head",
"raw_tags": [
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"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 2005: anon, 五步毒蛇与含笑半步颠",
"roman": "yīhuìr yīge xiǎo nánhái zǒu jìnlái, hěn xiánshú de niē qǐ shé sān xià wǔ chú èr jiù jiāng shé tóu kǎn diào le",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
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"text": "一會兒一個小男孩走進來，很嫻熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就將蛇頭砍掉了",
"type": "quote"
},
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"english": "After a while, a little boy came in and expertly took hold of the snake. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off its head",
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"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 2005: anon, 五步毒蛇与含笑半步颠",
"roman": "yīhuìr yīge xiǎo nánhái zǒu jìnlái, hěn xiánshú de niē qǐ shé sān xià wǔ chú èr jiù jiāng shé tóu kǎn diào le",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "一会儿一个小男孩走进来，很娴熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就将蛇头砍掉了",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(doing things) in an instant; in the blink of an eye; quickly and easily"
],
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"in the blink of an eye"
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "sān xià wǔ chú èr"
},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄦˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ haa⁶ ng⁵ ceoi⁴ ji⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sān xià wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "san sià wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ hsia⁴ wu³ chʻu² êrh⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān syà wǔ chú èr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "san shiah wuu chwu ell"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сань ся у чу эр"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹ sja u ču er"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam hah ńgh chèuih yih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ haa⁶ ng⁵ tsoey⁴ ji⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ ha⁶ ng⁵ cêu⁴ yi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ haː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jiː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ haː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jiː²²/"
}
],
"word": "三下五除二"
}
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