- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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下不了台
下不了台
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
- ，。
He couldn't save face and felt very awkward.
- 貳动verb
to be put on the spot
- 。
He was questioned so intensely that he didn't know how to extricate himself from the embarrassing situation.
- 參形adjective
to be embarrassed
- ，。
He couldn't back down gracefully, and it was very awkward.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 厶(private; personal)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; speech)RADICAL
A platform is where a person uses their mouth to speak privately in front of a crowd.
下不了台
Traditional下不了臺
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully
- ，。
He couldn't save face and felt very awkward.
- 貳动verb
to be put on the spot
- 。
He was questioned so intensely that he didn't know how to extricate himself from the embarrassing situation.
- 參形adjective
to be embarrassed
- ，。
He couldn't back down gracefully, and it was very awkward.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 厶(private; personal)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; speech)RADICAL
A platform is where a person uses their mouth to speak privately in front of a crowd.
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