- 力(strength; power)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
Adding uses strength and words to increase.
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欲加之罪，何患无辞
欲加之罪，何患无辞
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
- ，。
If you want to accuse someone, there is no shortage of pretexts.
- 貳名noun
Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
- ，。
If you want to impose a crime on someone, you need not fear a lack of pretexts.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 罒(net; mesh)RADICAL
- 非(wrong; incorrect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Sin and wrongdoing are the misdeeds caught in the net of the law.
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- 舌(blade; tongue)ASSOCIATIVE
- 辛(bitter plant; punishment)RADICAL
A farewell word comes from the tongue, but sometimes carries a bitter taste in the heart.
欲加之罪，何患无辞
Traditional欲加之罪，何患無辭
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
- ，。
If you want to accuse someone, there is no shortage of pretexts.
- 貳名noun
Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
- ，。
If you want to impose a crime on someone, you need not fear a lack of pretexts.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 力(strength; power)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
Adding uses strength and words to increase.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 罒(net; mesh)RADICAL
- 非(wrong; incorrect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Sin and wrongdoing are the misdeeds caught in the net of the law.
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- 舌(blade; tongue)ASSOCIATIVE
- 辛(bitter plant; punishment)RADICAL
A farewell word comes from the tongue, but sometimes carries a bitter taste in the heart.
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