- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
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秋后算账
秋后算账
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
- 。
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
- 貳动verb
fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo (radical))RADICAL
- 具(tool; implement)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(shell; currency)RADICAL
- 長(long; grow)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A financial ledger (shells/money) records transactions that grow longer and longer over time.
秋后算账
Traditional秋後算賬
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom)
- 。
He likes to settle accounts after the fact.
- 貳动verb
fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo (radical))RADICAL
- 具(tool; implement)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Ancient calculation used bamboo sticks as a tool to count numbers.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(shell; currency)RADICAL
- 長(long; grow)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A financial ledger (shells/money) records transactions that grow longer and longer over time.
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