- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; reduce)ASSOCIATIVE
Take the small character and remove one more stroke, and you get something scarce or meager.
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少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
- ，。
If you do not strive while young and strong, you will only know sorrow when you grow old.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS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- 力(strength; muscle)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 力 depicts a flexed arm muscle, symbolizing strength and power.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(person stretching limbs; figure of person with outstretched arms and legs)ASSOCIATIVE
A person standing with arms and legs spread wide symbolizes greatness and magnificence.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person attacked with force gets injured.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
Traditional少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
- ，。
If you do not strive while young and strong, you will only know sorrow when you grow old.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; reduce)ASSOCIATIVE
Take the small character and remove one more stroke, and you get something scarce or meager.
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- 力(strength; muscle)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 力 depicts a flexed arm muscle, symbolizing strength and power.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(person stretching limbs; figure of person with outstretched arms and legs)ASSOCIATIVE
A person standing with arms and legs spread wide symbolizes greatness and magnificence.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person attacked with force gets injured.
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