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三人行,必有我师

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Pīnyīn
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lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *三* | 三* | *三
3画
three
1010.1
MMM
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *人* | 人* | *人
2画
man; people; mankind; someone else
8000.0
O
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *行* | 行* | *行
6画
go; walk; move, travel; circulate
2122.1
HOMMN

splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *必* | 必* | *必
5画
surely, most certainly; must
3300.0
PH
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *有* | 有* | *有
6画
have, own, possess; exist
4022.7
KB
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *我* | 我* | *我
7画
our, us, i, me, my, we
2355.0
HQI
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *师* | 师* | *师
6画
teacher, master, specialist
2102
LLMB

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *三* | 三* | *三
surname San
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
(slang) threesome
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *人* | 人* | *人
person; people / CL: 個|个,
 
People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行)
  
  háng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
  
  héng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
used in 道行
  
  xíng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon
    
    
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *必* | 必* | *必
certainly / must / will / necessarily
     
     yǒu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
      
      
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
       
       Shī
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *师* | 师* | *师
surname Shi
       
       shī
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *师* | 师* | *师
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops