- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 包(wrap; bundle)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to wrap and hold someone close to your chest is what embrace means.
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抱残守缺
抱残守缺
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
- ，。
We cannot cling to the old and outworn; we must have the courage to innovate.
- 貳形adjective
stickler for tradition
- ，。
He always clings to the old and resists accepting new things.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A vigilant hand guarding the roof means to protect and watch over.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 缶(jar; pot)RADICAL
- 夬(decide; separate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A vase that cracks and breaks apart becomes defective and missing a part.
抱残守缺
Traditional抱殘守缺
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
- ，。
We cannot cling to the old and outworn; we must have the courage to innovate.
- 貳形adjective
stickler for tradition
- ，。
He always clings to the old and resists accepting new things.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 包(wrap; bundle)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to wrap and hold someone close to your chest is what embrace means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A vigilant hand guarding the roof means to protect and watch over.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 缶(jar; pot)RADICAL
- 夬(decide; separate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A vase that cracks and breaks apart becomes defective and missing a part.
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