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三下五除二

sān xià wǔ chú èr

5-character word

What 三下五除二 means

1. three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
2. efficiently
3. quickly and easily

The characters in 三下五除二

• 三sānthree; 3
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 五wǔfive; 5
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

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