- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
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死要面子活受罪
死要面子活受罪
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
- 。
He's always suffering because he insists on saving face.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 覀(upper part; indicates waist)ASSOCIATIVE
- 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman uses her hand to hold her waist—the essential, vital part of the body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 面(face; image)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 面 depicts a human face with an outline and eyes in the center.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Living water flowing through a blade creates constant vitality and flexibility.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
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.
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死要面子活受罪
Traditional死
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
- 。
He's always suffering because he insists on saving face.
STROKE ORDER
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⿱(top-bottom)
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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- 覀(upper part; indicates waist)ASSOCIATIVE
- 女(woman; female)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman uses her hand to hold her waist—the essential, vital part of the body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 面(face; image)ASSOCIATIVE
The character 面 depicts a human face with an outline and eyes in the center.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Living water flowing through a blade creates constant vitality and flexibility.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
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.
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