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拔根汗毛比腰粗
拔根汗毛比腰粗
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
- 貳形adjective
fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
- 。
He is so wealthy that a single hair from his body is thicker than someone else's waist.
- 參形adjective
(used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 干(intervene; dry)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Sweat is the watery liquid that flows from the body when dried out and exhausted.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 毛(hair; feather)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 毛 draws soft hair strands drooping down from skin.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺼(flesh; body)RADICAL
- 要(necessary; waist)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The waist is the most important part of the body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(rice; rice grain)RADICAL
- 且(add; pile up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Rice with its bran still intact and layers piled on top feels rough and coarse because it hasn't been milled finely yet.
拔根汗毛比腰粗
Traditional拔
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
- 貳形adjective
fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
- 。
He is so wealthy that a single hair from his body is thicker than someone else's waist.
- 參形adjective
(used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 干(intervene; dry)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Sweat is the watery liquid that flows from the body when dried out and exhausted.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 毛(hair; feather)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 毛 draws soft hair strands drooping down from skin.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺼(flesh; body)RADICAL
- 要(necessary; waist)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The waist is the most important part of the body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(rice; rice grain)RADICAL
- 且(add; pile up)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Rice with its bran still intact and layers piled on top feels rough and coarse because it hasn't been milled finely yet.
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