- 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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不是鱼死就是网破
不是鱼死就是网破
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 貳
fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 參副adverb
it's either him or me
- ，。
It's either the fish dies or the net breaks—we must succeed.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 魚(fish (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A fish is drawn with its head, body, fins, and a flaming tail below.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
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- 糹(silk thread; filament)RADICAL
- 罔(net; without)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Silk threads woven together form a net to catch fish, just like a network that spreads everywhere.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 石(stone; rock)RADICAL
- 皮(skin; shed)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Breaking something open is like using a stone to smash away the entire outer shell.
不是鱼死就是网破
Traditional不是魚死就是網破
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 貳
fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 參副adverb
it's either him or me
- ，。
It's either the fish dies or the net breaks—we must succeed.
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- 魚(fish (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A fish is drawn with its head, body, fins, and a flaming tail below.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
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- 糹(silk thread; filament)RADICAL
- 罔(net; without)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Silk threads woven together form a net to catch fish, just like a network that spreads everywhere.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 石(stone; rock)RADICAL
- 皮(skin; shed)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Breaking something open is like using a stone to smash away the entire outer shell.
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