- 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.
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后来居上
后来居上
(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4 lai2 zhe3 ju1 shang4]
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4 lai2 zhe3 ju1 shang4]
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; plant; stick)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(follow; accompany)ASSOCIATIVE
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
后来居上
Traditional後來居上
(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4 lai2 zhe3 ju1 shang4]
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4 lai2 zhe3 ju1 shang4]
STROKE ORDER
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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- 木(tree; plant; stick)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(follow; accompany)ASSOCIATIVE
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
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