- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
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不怕一万，就怕万一
不怕一万，就怕万一
better to be safe than sorry (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
better to be safe than sorry (proverb)
- ，。
It's better to be safe than sorry.
- 貳形adjective
to be prepared just in case
- ，。
It's not ten thousand things we fear, but the one thing in ten thousand that might happen.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; mood)RADICAL
- 白(white)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Fear makes the heart tremble and the face turn deathly pale.
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- 万(ten thousand; scorpion shape)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient scorpion shape now means the vast number of ten thousand.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
不怕一万，就怕万一
Traditional不怕一萬，就怕萬一
better to be safe than sorry (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
better to be safe than sorry (proverb)
- ，。
It's better to be safe than sorry.
- 貳形adjective
to be prepared just in case
- ，。
It's not ten thousand things we fear, but the one thing in ten thousand that might happen.
STROKE ORDER
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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- 忄(heart; mood)RADICAL
- 白(white)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Fear makes the heart tremble and the face turn deathly pale.
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- 万(ten thousand; scorpion shape)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient scorpion shape now means the vast number of ten thousand.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
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