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王牌

wángpái

trump card; ace

A player confidently placing a red card during a card game
Memory picture

Characters in this word

王 wáng

Strokes
4
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
一 one 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

牌 pái

Strokes
12
Radical
片 — slice, splinter
Made of
片 slice, splinter 卑 humble, low, inferior
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 公司把低功耗芯片视为进军海外市场的王牌。 Gōngsī bǎ dī gōnghào xīnpiàn shìwéi jìnjūn hǎiwài shìchǎng de wángpái. The company regards its low-power chips as its trump card for entering overseas markets.
  • 他在决赛中使出了王牌战术,最终一举夺冠。 Tā zài juésài zhōng shǐchū le wángpái zhànshù, zuìzhōng yījǔ duóguàn. In the final he played his trump-card strategy and won the championship in one stroke.
  • 这位主攻手是全队的王牌,关键球都交给她。 Zhè wèi zhǔgōngshǒu shì quánduì de wángpái, guānjiàn qiú dōu jiāo gěi tā. This star spiker is the team's ace; they give her the ball at crucial moments.

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