An open mouth asking for food is the daily act of eating and drinking.
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吃别人嚼过的馍不香
吃别人嚼过的馍不香
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
- 。
Eating bread that someone else has already chewed is not appetizing.
- 貳形adjective
fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
- 。
Bread that someone else has already chewed doesn't taste good.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 另(different; separate)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife (radical))RADICAL
Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 爵(noble wine cup; aristocratic goblet)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth chewing food with the refinement of nobility savoring wine in a precious vessel.
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- 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)ASSOCIATIVE
- 日(sun)ASSOCIATIVE
Ripe grain beneath the sun's rays releases an intoxicating fragrance.
吃别人嚼过的馍不香
Traditional吃別人嚼過的饃不香
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
- 。
Eating bread that someone else has already chewed is not appetizing.
- 貳形adjective
fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
- 。
Bread that someone else has already chewed doesn't taste good.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 另(different; separate)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife (radical))RADICAL
Use a knife to cut and separate things to distinguish one from another.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 爵(noble wine cup; aristocratic goblet)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth chewing food with the refinement of nobility savoring wine in a precious vessel.
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- 禾(rice plant; grain stalk)ASSOCIATIVE
- 日(sun)ASSOCIATIVE
Ripe grain beneath the sun's rays releases an intoxicating fragrance.
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