三下五除二
三下五除二
sān xià wǔ chú èr
three, set five remove two (abacus rule); efficiently; quickly and easily
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- three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
- efficiently
- quickly and easily
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Related Words
二一添作五(èr yī tiān zuò wǔ)— lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
→三五(sān wǔ)— several
→三侠五义(Sān xiá wǔ yì)— Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
→三皇五帝(sān huáng wǔ dì)— three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend
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