- 番(alternately; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 羽(feather; wing)RADICAL
A bird flapping its feathered wings in continuous rotating motion to take flight is a spinning movement.
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翻老账
翻老账
to turn over old accounts
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to turn over old accounts
- 。
Let's not bring up old grievances again.
- 貳动verb
fig. to revive old quarrels
- 。
Let's not bring up old grievances anymore.
- 參
to reopen old wounds
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
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.
翻老账
Traditional翻老賬
to turn over old accounts
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to turn over old accounts
- 。
Let's not bring up old grievances again.
- 貳动verb
fig. to revive old quarrels
- 。
Let's not bring up old grievances anymore.
- 參
to reopen old wounds
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 番(alternately; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 羽(feather; wing)RADICAL
A bird flapping its feathered wings in continuous rotating motion to take flight is a spinning movement.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
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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