一把钥匙开一把锁

Traditional form:

一把鑰匙開一把鎖

Pinyin (reading):

yībǎyàoshikāiyībǎsuǒ

Definitions:

• One key opens one lock.
• There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 钥 - lock, key
• 匙 - spoon; surname
• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 锁 - lock, padlock; chains, shackles

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 鑰 - lock, key
• 匙 - spoon; surname
• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 把 - to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
• 鎖 - lock, padlock; chains, shackles