三十六

sānshíliù
number #23,536

Meanings

  1. 1 thirty-six (36)
  2. 2 (in idioms) a significant traditional number

Examples

Sānshíliù jì, zǒu wéi shàng jì.
Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best option.
Tā yǐjīng sānshíliù suì le, què hái méiyǒu jiéhūn.
He is already thirty-six years old but has not yet married.

Tips

culture
三十六 is famous in Chinese culture through the classical military text 三十六 (The Thirty-Six Stratagems), a collection of strategic proverbs from Chinese history. The idiom 三十六 (Of the thirty-six strategies, fleeing is the best) is widely known.

Stroke Order

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