- ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
- 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE
Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.
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光说不练
光说不练
all talk and no action (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
all talk and no action (idiom)
- 。
He always talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk.
- 貳形adjective
to preach what one does not practice
- 。
He always talks but never takes action.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 糹(silk thread; silk fiber)RADICAL
- 柬(select; letter)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Practice is like drawing silk thread, carefully selecting each strand to make it perfectly smooth.
光说不练
Traditional光說不練
all talk and no action (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
all talk and no action (idiom)
- 。
He always talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk.
- 貳形adjective
to preach what one does not practice
- 。
He always talks but never takes action.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
- 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE
Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 糹(silk thread; silk fiber)RADICAL
- 柬(select; letter)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Practice is like drawing silk thread, carefully selecting each strand to make it perfectly smooth.
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