- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
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无功而返
无功而返
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
- 。
We cannot return empty-handed.
STROKE ORDER
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 工(labor; boatman)ASSOCIATIVE
- 力(strength; power)RADICAL
Merit and achievement come from using strength to labor.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
无功而返
Traditional無功而返
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
- 。
We cannot return empty-handed.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 工(labor; boatman)ASSOCIATIVE
- 力(strength; power)RADICAL
Merit and achievement come from using strength to labor.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
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