- 刖(chop off leg (punishment))RADICAL
- 丷(two strokes indicating progress)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; foundation)ASSOCIATIVE
Ahead lies the path we step forward on, overcoming all obstacles and penalties to advance.
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前不着村，后不着店
前不着村，后不着店
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- ，。
We're now in the middle of nowhere, far from any village or town.
- 貳形adjective
fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 參形adjective
to be in a predicament
- ，。
We're now in a predicament where we can neither move forward nor retreat.
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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- 羊(goat (upper part variant))ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
A goat's eye gazes intently, picturing how something clings tightly and sticks to whatever it focuses on.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(roof; house with roof)RADICAL
- 占(occupy; divination)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A shop is a place with a roof where someone occupies a spot to do business.
前不着村，后不着店
Traditional前不著村，後不著店
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- ，。
We're now in the middle of nowhere, far from any village or town.
- 貳形adjective
fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 參形adjective
to be in a predicament
- ，。
We're now in a predicament where we can neither move forward nor retreat.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 刖(chop off leg (punishment))RADICAL
- 丷(two strokes indicating progress)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; foundation)ASSOCIATIVE
Ahead lies the path we step forward on, overcoming all obstacles and penalties to advance.
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- 羊(goat (upper part variant))ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
A goat's eye gazes intently, picturing how something clings tightly and sticks to whatever it focuses on.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(roof; house with roof)RADICAL
- 占(occupy; divination)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A shop is a place with a roof where someone occupies a spot to do business.
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