- 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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拆东补西
拆东补西
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- 。
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not a long-term solution.
- 貳动verb
Rob Peter to pay Paul
- ，。
He is always robbing Peter to pay Paul, making life very difficult.
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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.
拆东补西
Traditional拆東補西
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- 。
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not a long-term solution.
- 貳动verb
Rob Peter to pay Paul
- ，。
He is always robbing Peter to pay Paul, making life very difficult.
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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