| 一回生二回熟 |
yī huí shēng èr huí shú |
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 回 |
Huí |
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) |
| 回 |
huí |
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 回 |
Huí |
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) |
| 回 |
huí |
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 熟 |
shú |
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2] |