- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 末(tip; end)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.
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抹不下脸
抹不下脸
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
- ，。
He couldn't bring himself to lose face, so he had no choice but to agree.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
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- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
抹不下脸
Traditional抹不下臉
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
- ，。
He couldn't bring himself to lose face, so he had no choice but to agree.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 末(tip; end)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to brush from root to tip is the motion of coating or smearing.
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- 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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