created sense approved 二一添作五 · èryītiānzuòwǔ · abacus mnemonic — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
二一添作五
èryītiānzuòwǔ
abacus mnemonic
A rule in abacus reckoning for dividing by two, where 1 becomes 0.5 (literally: 1 divided by 2 is 0.5)
二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to regard as 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five
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created sense approved 二一添作五 · èryītiānzuòwǔ · to share fifty-fifty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
二一添作五
èryītiānzuòwǔ
to share fifty-fifty
To share equally between two parties; to go halves
二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to regard as 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition