- 穴(hole; cavity)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person crawls into a dark cave exhausted and empty—that is poverty.
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穷于应付
穷于应付
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
- 。
He struggled to cope with work and family.
- 貳形adjective
to be at one's wits' end
- 。
He is at a loss for how to deal with all kinds of problems.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(wide roof; broad eave)RADICAL
- 𤇾(inner form; response pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Under a wide roof, every call finds someone to answer.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person using their hand to give to another person—that is the action of entrusting.
穷于应付
Traditional窮於應付
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
- 。
He struggled to cope with work and family.
- 貳形adjective
to be at one's wits' end
- 。
He is at a loss for how to deal with all kinds of problems.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 穴(hole; cavity)RADICAL
- 力(strength; force)ASSOCIATIVE
A person crawls into a dark cave exhausted and empty—that is poverty.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 广(wide roof; broad eave)RADICAL
- 𤇾(inner form; response pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Under a wide roof, every call finds someone to answer.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 寸(inch; palm of hand)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person using their hand to give to another person—that is the action of entrusting.
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