- 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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无颜见江东父老
无颜见江东父老
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
- ，。
He failed and has no face to show the elders of his hometown.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
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- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
无颜见江东父老
Traditional無顏見江東父老
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
- ，。
He failed and has no face to show the elders of his hometown.
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- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
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- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
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