- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
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以卵击石
以卵击石
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
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To strike a stone with an egg is to fail to assess one's own strength.
- 貳动verb
to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
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To strike a stone with an egg is to overestimate one's own strength.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 卵(egg (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 卵 pictures two eggs lying next to each other in a nest.
以卵击石
Traditional以卵擊石
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
- ，。
To strike a stone with an egg is to fail to assess one's own strength.
- 貳动verb
to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
- ，。
To strike a stone with an egg is to overestimate one's own strength.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 卵(egg (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 卵 pictures two eggs lying next to each other in a nest.
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