- 曰(mouth; speech)RADICAL
- 丷(vapor rising; steam)ASSOCIATIVE
Steam rising from a pot's opening shows something that has already been experienced.
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曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- ，。
Having once crossed the vast sea, ordinary water seems insignificant; except for the clouds of Wu Mountain, no other clouds compare.
- 貳名noun
one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
- ，。
Having once seen the vast ocean, it is hard to regard other waters as water; except for Mount Wu, nothing else can be called clouds.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 每(each; always)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The sea is a vast expanse of water that stretches boundlessly every day.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 阝(earthen mound; village wall; rampart)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Remove the excess remainder along the city wall's edge, like clearing away an earthen mound.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 去(leave; depart)ASSOCIATIVE
- 卩(seal; person kneeling)RADICAL
A person kneeling to bid farewell to someone leaving symbolizes stepping back and refusing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE
Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
Traditional曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- ，。
Having once crossed the vast sea, ordinary water seems insignificant; except for the clouds of Wu Mountain, no other clouds compare.
- 貳名noun
one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
- ，。
Having once seen the vast ocean, it is hard to regard other waters as water; except for Mount Wu, nothing else can be called clouds.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 曰(mouth; speech)RADICAL
- 丷(vapor rising; steam)ASSOCIATIVE
Steam rising from a pot's opening shows something that has already been experienced.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 每(each; always)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The sea is a vast expanse of water that stretches boundlessly every day.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 阝(earthen mound; village wall; rampart)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Remove the excess remainder along the city wall's edge, like clearing away an earthen mound.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 去(leave; depart)ASSOCIATIVE
- 卩(seal; person kneeling)RADICAL
A person kneeling to bid farewell to someone leaving symbolizes stepping back and refusing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE
Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
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