- 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.
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知难而退
知难而退
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
- 。
We cannot shrink back in the face of difficulty.
- 貳动verb
fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- 。
He backed down when faced with difficulty.
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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- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
知难而退
Traditional知難而退
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
- 。
We cannot shrink back in the face of difficulty.
- 貳动verb
fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- 。
He backed down when faced with difficulty.
STROKE ORDER
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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- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
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