加减乘除 — Chinese idiom
加减乘除
jiā jiǎn chéng chú
Traditional: 加減乘除
Meaning
- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
Character by character
- 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
- 减jiǎnto decrease, to subtract, to diminish
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multipl
- 除chúto eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
Idioms sharing a character
- 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
- 加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué
- 加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù
- 年功加俸 nián gōng jiā fèng
- 快马加鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān
- 悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 涕泪交加 tì lèi jiāo jiā
- 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù
- 添砖加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
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