- 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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不怕不识货，就怕货比货
不怕不识货，就怕货比货
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
- ，。
You won't fear not knowing goods until you compare goods with goods.
- 貳名noun
fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
- ，。
Don't fear not knowing goods, fear goods compared with goods.
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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- 貝(money; cowrie shell (used as ancient currency))RADICAL
- 化(change; transform)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Goods are things that can be transformed into wealth through the exchange of money.
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.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.
不怕不识货，就怕货比货
Traditional不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
- ，。
You won't fear not knowing goods until you compare goods with goods.
- 貳名noun
fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
- ，。
Don't fear not knowing goods, fear goods compared with goods.
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- 貝(money; cowrie shell (used as ancient currency))RADICAL
- 化(change; transform)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Goods are things that can be transformed into wealth through the exchange of money.
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.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.
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