- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
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指手画脚
指手画脚
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
HSK 7 (3.0)3 meanings#23049
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
- 。
He likes to gesture and posture.
- 貳动verb
to explain by waving one's hands
- 。
He likes to boss people around.
- 參动verb
to criticize or give orders summarily
- 。
He likes to boss others around and tell them what to do.
COLLOCATIONS1 collocation
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
指手画脚
Traditional指手畫腳
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
HSK 7 (3.0)3 meanings#23049
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
- 。
He likes to gesture and posture.
- 貳动verb
to explain by waving one's hands
- 。
He likes to boss people around.
- 參动verb
to criticize or give orders summarily
- 。
He likes to boss others around and tell them what to do.
COLLOCATIONS1 collocation
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
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