不时之需

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 日(sun; day)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE

A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.

• 雨(rain)RADICAL
• 而(but; yet; also)PHONETIC

When plants and grass need rain, they urgently beseech the sky to pour water down.