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蚌
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (8)
彩蚌
cǎibàng
painted shell
河蚌
hébàng
mussels
蚌壳
bàngké
clamshell
哲蚌寺
Zhébàngsì
Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
象拔蚌
xiàngbábàng
elephant trunk clam
老蚌生珠
lǎobàngshēngzhū
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)
鹬蚌相争
yùbàngxiāngzhēng
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
yùbàngxiāngzhēng,yúwēngdélì
lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
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- Character Frequency Rank
- 3,946
- Word Frequency Rank
- 22,487 of 84,292