- 臣(downcast look; lowered gaze)RADICAL
- 品(many things/people; multitude)ASSOCIATIVE
- 丨(straight line down; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
A person bending their eyes downward to look at many things below represents the meaning of "approach and look down."
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临渴穿井
临渴穿井
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
- 貳动verb
to act when it is too late
- ，。
By the time you dig a well, you are already dying of thirst.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; gap)RADICAL
- 牙(tooth)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your teeth to bite through a cave or hole – that's how to remember the character for piercing through.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 井(well (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A square well opening with a wooden bar across it depicts a water well.
临渴穿井
Traditional臨渴穿井
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
- 貳动verb
to act when it is too late
- ，。
By the time you dig a well, you are already dying of thirst.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 臣(downcast look; lowered gaze)RADICAL
- 品(many things/people; multitude)ASSOCIATIVE
- 丨(straight line down; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
A person bending their eyes downward to look at many things below represents the meaning of "approach and look down."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; gap)RADICAL
- 牙(tooth)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your teeth to bite through a cave or hole – that's how to remember the character for piercing through.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 井(well (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A square well opening with a wooden bar across it depicts a water well.
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