Use a stick to remind of respect and carefulness, not carelessness.
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恭敬不如从命
恭敬不如从命
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
- ，。
Respect is no substitute for obedience; please give me your instructions.
- 貳形adjective
(said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
- ，。
Respect is no substitute for obedience, so I accept your invitation.
STROKE ORDER
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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- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human figure)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people walking together, with one following behind the other, that is the meaning of the character.
恭敬不如从命
Traditional恭敬不如從命
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
- ，。
Respect is no substitute for obedience; please give me your instructions.
- 貳形adjective
(said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
- ，。
Respect is no substitute for obedience, so I accept your invitation.
STROKE ORDER
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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- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human figure)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people walking together, with one following behind the other, that is the meaning of the character.
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