易
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easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
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Words with 易
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来之不易 | (idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained | |
| 易门县 | Yimen, a county in Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 公平交易 | fair dealing | |
| 得来不易 | hard to come by; not easily obtained; hard-won | |
| 交易市场 | exchange; trading floor | |
| 路易斯 | (name) Louis; Lewis; Luis | |
| 易用性 | ease of use; usability | |
| 以物易物 | to barter; barter | |
| 性交易 | prostitution; commercial sex; the sex trade | |
| 不易之论 | perfectly sound proposition; unalterable truth; irrefutable argument | |
| 交易会 | trade fair | |
| 易言之 | in other words | |
| 不易 | not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging | |
| 交易日 | (finance) trading day | |
| 内线交易 | insider trading | |
| 易县 | Yi County or Yixian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 易学 | study of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] | |
| 易学 | easy to learn | |
| 军火交易 | arms deal | |
| 米易县 | Miyi, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 Shi4], Sichuan |
Sound family
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