- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
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人是铁饭是钢
人是铁饭是钢
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
- ，。
People are made of iron and rice is steel; missing even one meal leaves you desperately hungry.
- 貳名noun
an empty sack cannot stand upright
- ，。
People need food like iron needs to be forged, and one meal skipped leaves the belly growling with hunger.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 飠(eat; food)RADICAL
- 反(flip over; reverse)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Rice is food that must be flipped and turned over many times to be cooked properly.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 釒(metal)RADICAL
- 岡(mountain ridge; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Steel is a hard metal, strong like a rocky mountain ridge.
人是铁饭是钢
Traditional人是鐵飯是鋼
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
- ，。
People are made of iron and rice is steel; missing even one meal leaves you desperately hungry.
- 貳名noun
an empty sack cannot stand upright
- ，。
People need food like iron needs to be forged, and one meal skipped leaves the belly growling with hunger.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 飠(eat; food)RADICAL
- 反(flip over; reverse)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Rice is food that must be flipped and turned over many times to be cooked properly.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 釒(metal)RADICAL
- 岡(mountain ridge; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Steel is a hard metal, strong like a rocky mountain ridge.
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