- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
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一落千丈
一落千丈
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 貳动verb
fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 。
His business collapsed dramatically.
- 參动verb
to take a dive
- 。
His grades plummeted dramatically.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
一落千丈
Traditional一
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 貳动verb
fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 。
His business collapsed dramatically.
- 參动verb
to take a dive
- 。
His grades plummeted dramatically.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
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