- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
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百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
- 貳名noun
(fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
- 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 乃(to be; then; only now (depicting labored breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts curved breath or a bending line, meaning "then" or "only then."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丶(dot; seed)ASSOCIATIVE
- 艮(firm; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A good seed sprouts firmly, symbolizing something beautiful and excellent.
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
Traditional百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
- 貳名noun
(fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; horizontal stroke)ASSOCIATIVE
- 二(two (pictograph – two horizontal strokes))ASSOCIATIVE
Three horizontal strokes stacked on top of each other symbolize the number three.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 乃(to be; then; only now (depicting labored breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts curved breath or a bending line, meaning "then" or "only then."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丶(dot; seed)ASSOCIATIVE
- 艮(firm; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A good seed sprouts firmly, symbolizing something beautiful and excellent.
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