两 liǎng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
两翼
liǎngyì
both wings; two flanks; two supporting sides
Characters in this word
翼 yì
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 羽 — feather, plume
- Made of
- 羽 feather, plume 異 different, strange, unusual
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项改革以技术创新和制度保障为两翼，才可能真正落地。 Zhè xiàng gǎigé yǐ jìshù chuàngxīn hé zhìdù bǎozhàng wéi liǎngyì, cái kěnéng zhēnzhèng luòdì. This reform can truly be implemented only with technological innovation and institutional guarantees as its two wings.
- 大雁展开两翼，在湖面上缓缓飞过。 Dàyàn zhǎnkāi liǎngyì, zài húmiàn shàng huǎnhuǎn fēi guò. The wild goose spread both wings and flew slowly over the surface of the lake.
- 教练把球队分成两翼，一边负责进攻，一边负责防守。 Jiàoliàn bǎ qiúduì fēnchéng liǎngyì, yìbiān fùzé jìngōng, yìbiān fùzé fángshǒu. The coach split the team into two flanks, one in charge of attack and the other of defence.
Related words
- 两 liǎng two, both
- 两 liǎng a tael, about fifty grams
- 两边 liǎngbian both sides
- 两岸 liǎng'àn both banks
- 两极 liǎngjí two poles
- 两口子 liǎngkǒuzi husband and wife; married couple
- 两栖 liǎngqī amphibious; to live or work in two spheres
- 两手 liǎngshǒu both hands; two approaches; dual preparations
- 两下子 liǎngxiàzi real ability; a few tricks; some skill
- 一举两得 yìjǔliǎngdé to achieve two things at once
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 小心翼翼 xiǎoxīnyìyì cautiously; very carefully