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蜻qīng蜓tíng撼hàn石shí柱zhù

  1. lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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5
蜻
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]

Pinyin
qīng
Strokes
14
Words starting with 蜻Words ending in 蜻Anywhere in a word
蜓
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]

Pinyin
tíng
Strokes
12
Words starting with 蜓Words ending in 蜓Anywhere in a word
撼
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to shake, to vibrate

Pinyin
hàn
Strokes
16
Words starting with 撼Words ending in 撼Anywhere in a word
石
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname Shi, abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

Pinyin
Shí
Strokes
5
Frequency
7503 of 2500
Words starting with 石Words ending in 石Anywhere in a word
柱
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pillar, CL:根[gen1]

Pinyin
zhù
Strokes
9
Frequency
28901 of 2500
Words starting with 柱Words ending in 柱Anywhere in a word