- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 夭(lithe; youthful)ASSOCIATIVE
A bamboo tree bending and swaying in the wind looks like it's laughing with joy.
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笑贫不笑娼
笑贫不笑娼
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
- 。
Laughing at the poor but not laughing at prostitutes is a social phenomenon.
- 貳名noun
lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
- 。
It is a social phenomenon to mock the poor but not to mock prostitutes.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS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.
笑贫不笑娼
Traditional笑貧不笑娼
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
- 。
Laughing at the poor but not laughing at prostitutes is a social phenomenon.
- 貳名noun
lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
- 。
It is a social phenomenon to mock the poor but not to mock prostitutes.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 夭(lithe; youthful)ASSOCIATIVE
A bamboo tree bending and swaying in the wind looks like it's laughing with joy.
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.
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