- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.
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打草惊蛇
打草惊蛇
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
3 meanings#34425
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
- 。
We shouldn't stir up trouble unnecessarily.
- 貳动verb
fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
- 。
We cannot make unnecessary moves that might alert the enemy.
- 參动verb
to punish sb as a warning to others
- 。
We cannot alert the snake by disturbing the grass.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; emotion)RADICAL
- 京(capital; grand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The heart suddenly trembles violently like a bustling capital in turmoil—that is fear and alarm.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
打草惊蛇
Traditional打草驚蛇
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
3 meanings#34425
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
- 。
We shouldn't stir up trouble unnecessarily.
- 貳动verb
fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
- 。
We cannot make unnecessary moves that might alert the enemy.
- 參动verb
to punish sb as a warning to others
- 。
We cannot alert the snake by disturbing the grass.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; emotion)RADICAL
- 京(capital; grand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The heart suddenly trembles violently like a bustling capital in turmoil—that is fear and alarm.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
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