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烂泥扶不上墙
烂泥扶不上墙
useless (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
useless (idiom)
- 。
He really is hopeless and beyond help.
- 貳形adjective
worthless
- 。
He really is a hopeless case who can't be helped no matter what you do.
- 參形adjective
inept
- 。
He really is someone who can't be helped no matter how hard you try.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 夫(adult man; man)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to support a man standing up is the gesture of lifting and assisting.
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- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
烂泥扶不上墙
Traditional爛泥扶不上牆
useless (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
useless (idiom)
- 。
He really is hopeless and beyond help.
- 貳形adjective
worthless
- 。
He really is a hopeless case who can't be helped no matter what you do.
- 參形adjective
inept
- 。
He really is someone who can't be helped no matter how hard you try.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 夫(adult man; man)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to support a man standing up is the gesture of lifting and assisting.
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- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
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