- 天(sky; vast)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
A gaping mouth as wide as the sky stuffed inside represents swallowing whole.
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吞云吐雾
吞云吐雾
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
- 。
He likes to smoke.
- 貳动verb
to blow cigarette or opium smoke
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 土(earth; soil; ground; land)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth spewing out like earth being pushed up is the action of spitting out.
吞云吐雾
Traditional吞雲吐霧
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
- 。
He likes to smoke.
- 貳动verb
to blow cigarette or opium smoke
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 天(sky; vast)ASSOCIATIVE
- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
A gaping mouth as wide as the sky stuffed inside represents swallowing whole.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 土(earth; soil; ground; land)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A mouth spewing out like earth being pushed up is the action of spitting out.
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