- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
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人穷志短
人穷志短
poor and with low expectations
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
poor and with low expectations
- ，。
When a person is poor, their ambition becomes small, and he has no grand ideals.
- 貳形adjective
poverty stunts ambition
- ，。
Poverty dampened his ambition, so he gave up on his dreams.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; cavity)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person crawls into a dark cave exhausted and empty—that is poverty.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 矢(arrow point; arrowhead)RADICAL
- 豆(bean; small object)PHONO-SEMANTIC
An arrow's short tip is the size of a bean — that is the meaning of short.
人穷志短
Traditional人窮志短
poor and with low expectations
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
poor and with low expectations
- ，。
When a person is poor, their ambition becomes small, and he has no grand ideals.
- 貳形adjective
poverty stunts ambition
- ，。
Poverty dampened his ambition, so he gave up on his dreams.
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- 穴(hole; cavity)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person crawls into a dark cave exhausted and empty—that is poverty.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 矢(arrow point; arrowhead)RADICAL
- 豆(bean; small object)PHONO-SEMANTIC
An arrow's short tip is the size of a bean — that is the meaning of short.
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