| 一夫当关，万夫莫开 |
yī fū - dāng guān , wàn fū - mò kāi |
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand |
| 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 |
| 夫 |
fū |
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 |
fú |
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
| 当 |
dāng |
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell) |
| 当 |
dāng |
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at |
| 当 |
dàng |
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 关 |
Guān |
surname Guan |
| 关 |
guān |
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve |
| 万 |
mò |
used in 万俟 |
| 万 |
Wàn |
surname Wan |
| 万 |
wàn |
ten thousand / a great number |
| 夫 |
fū |
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 |
fú |
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
| 莫 |
Mò |
surname Mo |
| 莫 |
mò |
do not / there is none who |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |