- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
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画虎不成反类犬
画虎不成反类犬
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
- 。
He tried to draw a tiger but ended up drawing something like a dog instead.
- 貳动verb
to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
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- 厂(steep rock wall; cliff)RADICAL
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand with palm facing up against a cliff suggests the meaning 'reverse' or 'oppose'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(grain; cereal)RADICAL
- 大(large; big)ASSOCIATIVE
Sorting rice grains by size from large to small and arranging them into separate groups.
画虎不成反类犬
Traditional畫虎不成反類犬
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
- 。
He tried to draw a tiger but ended up drawing something like a dog instead.
- 貳动verb
to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
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- 厂(steep rock wall; cliff)RADICAL
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand with palm facing up against a cliff suggests the meaning 'reverse' or 'oppose'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(grain; cereal)RADICAL
- 大(large; big)ASSOCIATIVE
Sorting rice grains by size from large to small and arranging them into separate groups.
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