- 忄(heart; emotion)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Resentment is an emotion trapped and held within the heart, unable to be released.
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恨铁不成钢
恨铁不成钢
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
- 貳动verb
fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
- 。
I'm disappointed in you for not living up to my expectations.
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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- 釒(metal)RADICAL
- 岡(mountain ridge; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Steel is a hard metal, strong like a rocky mountain ridge.
恨铁不成钢
Traditional恨鐵不成鋼
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)
- 貳动verb
fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
- 。
I'm disappointed in you for not living up to my expectations.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; emotion)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Resentment is an emotion trapped and held within the heart, unable to be released.
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- 釒(metal)RADICAL
- 岡(mountain ridge; firm)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Steel is a hard metal, strong like a rocky mountain ridge.
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