间
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
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Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
间 character breakdown
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.
Characters with 间 as component
simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old)
mountain stream
ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
(dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing)
variant of 襉|裥[jian3]
Words with 间
without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
lit. not eating the food of common mortals / fig. placing oneself above the common populace
Sentences with 间
间 currently does not appear in any sentence.