- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
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死而后已
死而后已
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
- ，。
He served the people until his death.
- 貳副adverb
unto one's dying day
- ，。
He served the people until his dying breath.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))ASSOCIATIVE
The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.
死而后已
Traditional死而後已
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
- ，。
He served the people until his death.
- 貳副adverb
unto one's dying day
- ，。
He served the people until his dying breath.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 已(finished; stopped; coiled (representing completion))ASSOCIATIVE
The character resembles a coiled snake curled up on itself, symbolizing something completed or finished.
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