A heart squeezed tight like a bundle of grass expresses the feeling of urgency and anxiety.
急转直下
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- 。
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 車(vehicle; cart; car)RADICAL
- 專(specialize in; concentrate on)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A wheel keeps spinning in one direction, so it's called rotating or turning.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE
An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- 。
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 車(vehicle; cart; car)RADICAL
- 專(specialize in; concentrate on)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A wheel keeps spinning in one direction, so it's called rotating or turning.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 十(ten; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE
- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 一(one; straight line)ASSOCIATIVE
An eye looking straight down one line without deviation is what makes something upright and straightforward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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