| 三七二十一 |
sān qī èr shí yī |
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 三七 |
sān qī |
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb |
| 七 |
qī |
seven / 7 |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 二十 |
èr shí |
twenty; 20 |
| 十 |
shí |
ten / 10 |
| 十一 |
Shí Yī |
PRC National Day (October 1st) |
| 十一 |
shí yī |
eleven / 11 |
| 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 |