- ⺊(divining rod; fortune-telling stick)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A diviner uses fortune-telling sticks and speaks words of judgment with their mouth.
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占着茅坑不拉屎
占着茅坑不拉屎
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- 。
Don't be like someone occupying a latrine without doing their business.
- 貳动verb
fig. to be a dog in the manger
- ！
Don't occupy the toilet without doing anything!
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS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- 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- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
占着茅坑不拉屎
Traditional占著茅坑不拉屎
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- 。
Don't be like someone occupying a latrine without doing their business.
- 貳动verb
fig. to be a dog in the manger
- ！
Don't occupy the toilet without doing anything!
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(divining rod; fortune-telling stick)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A diviner uses fortune-telling sticks and speaks words of judgment with their mouth.
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- 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- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
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