An open mouth drinking water sounds like "hat," the word for seed.
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喝西北风
喝西北风
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- ，。
He's run out of money and can only go hungry.
- 貳动verb
fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
- ，。
He has no money left and can only go hungry.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 几(small table; frame surrounding)ASSOCIATIVE
- 虫(insect; worm)PHONETIC
Wind blows everywhere like insects and flies scattered in all directions through the air.
喝西北风
Traditional喝西北風
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom)
- ，。
He's run out of money and can only go hungry.
- 貳动verb
fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
- ，。
He has no money left and can only go hungry.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⼔(person turning back; figure of person from behind)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing back-to-back represent North, the direction ancients faced away from.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 几(small table; frame surrounding)ASSOCIATIVE
- 虫(insect; worm)PHONETIC
Wind blows everywhere like insects and flies scattered in all directions through the air.
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