Using your hand to pull and drag something behind you is called 拖.
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拖泥带水
拖泥带水
(idiom) muddy and wet
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) muddy and wet
- 。
He always does things in a sluggish and inefficient manner.
- 貳形adjective
(idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
- 。
His articles are always long-winded and tedious.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 巾(cloth scarf; fabric wrap)RADICAL
- 冖(cover; conceal)ASSOCIATIVE
- 卅(thirty; cord-like shape)ASSOCIATIVE
A belt is a strip of cloth wrapped tightly around the body, covering the waist area.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
拖泥带水
Traditional拖泥帶水
(idiom) muddy and wet
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) muddy and wet
- 。
He always does things in a sluggish and inefficient manner.
- 貳形adjective
(idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
- 。
His articles are always long-winded and tedious.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 巾(cloth scarf; fabric wrap)RADICAL
- 冖(cover; conceal)ASSOCIATIVE
- 卅(thirty; cord-like shape)ASSOCIATIVE
A belt is a strip of cloth wrapped tightly around the body, covering the waist area.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
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