- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person using their hand to give to another person—that is the action of entrusting.
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付之东流
付之东流
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
- 。
All the effort went down the drain.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
付之东流
Traditional付之東流
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
- 。
All the effort went down the drain.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person using their hand to give to another person—that is the action of entrusting.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
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