| 一物降一物 |
yī wù xiáng yī wù |
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock |
| 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 |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |
| 降 |
jiàng |
to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend |
| 降 |
xiáng |
to surrender; to capitulate / to subdue; to conquer; to tame |
| 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 |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |