- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 斥(push away; drive off)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using a hand pushing outward, you dismantle and destroy a structure.
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拆东墙补西墙
拆东墙补西墙
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
- 。
Tearing down the east wall to patch the west wall is not a long-term solution.
- 貳
fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
拆东墙补西墙
Traditional拆東牆補西牆
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
- 。
Tearing down the east wall to patch the west wall is not a long-term solution.
- 貳
fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 斥(push away; drive off)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using a hand pushing outward, you dismantle and destroy a structure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 東(east; rising sun behind tree)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun rising behind a tree trunk points to the East.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
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