懂中文 Dong Chinese
Dictionary
Log in
  • Learn
  • Dictionary
  • Media
  • Settings
相生相克
xiāng​shēng​xiāng​kè

mutual promotion and restraint

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 相生 xiāng​shēng
    mutual generation
    the cycle in Five Elements 五行 wǔ​xíng theory where each element produces or supports the next (e.g., Wood generates Fire)
  2. 相 xiāng adverb
    mutually
    each other; one another; mutually
  3. 克 kè verb
    to overcome
    To subdue, conquer, defeat, or restrain