- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
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东拉西扯
东拉西扯
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- ，。
He always goes off on tangents and never gets to the point.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 止(stop; halt)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to pull hard and stop the other person.
东拉西扯
Traditional東拉西扯
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- ，。
He always goes off on tangents and never gets to the point.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 止(stop; halt)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to pull hard and stop the other person.
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