二一添作五
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Chinese[edit]
two | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to add; to increase; to replenish | to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make |
five | ||
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simp. and trad. (二一添作五) |
二 | 一 | 添 | 作 | 五 | |
Literally: “one half is zero point five”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
二一添作五
- (division rule in abacus reckoning) one half is zero point five; 1/2=0.5
- (figurative) to divide fairly between 2 people; to go fifty-fifty
See also[edit]
- 三一三十一 (sān yī sānshíyī)