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可kě以yǐ
  • can
  • may
  • possible
  • able to
  • not bad
  • pretty good
🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes
得de可kě以yǐ
  • (coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully
🖌️ 得 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes
不bù可kě以yǐ
  • may not
🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes
夏xià虫chóng不bù可kě以yǐ语yǔ冰bīng
Trad. 夏蟲不可以語冰
  • a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
🖌️ 夏 Strokes 🖌️ 虫 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes 🖌️ 语 Strokes 🖌️ 冰 Strokes
他tā山shān之zhī石shí可kě以yǐ攻gōng玉yù
  • lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  • to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
🖌️ 他 Strokes 🖌️ 山 Strokes 🖌️ 之 Strokes 🖌️ 石 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes 🖌️ 攻 Strokes 🖌️ 玉 Strokes
可kě以yǐ意yì会huì，不bù可kě言yán传chuán
Trad. 可以意會，不可言傳
  • can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); mysterious and subtle
🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes 🖌️ 意 Strokes 🖌️ 会 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 言 Strokes 🖌️ 传 Strokes
星xīng星xing之zhī火huǒ，可kě以yǐ燎liáo原yuán
  • a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
🖌️ 星 Strokes 🖌️ 星 Strokes 🖌️ 之 Strokes 🖌️ 火 Strokes 🖌️ 可 Strokes 🖌️ 以 Strokes 🖌️ 燎 Strokes 🖌️ 原 Strokes

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