Idle talk is when ears listen to people speaking back and forth like a pivot pin fitting together.
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聊以自慰
聊以自慰
to find some consolation (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to find some consolation (idiom)
- ，。
He consoled himself by saying he had done his best.
- 貳动verb
to find relief in
- 。
He could only console himself with that.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
聊以自慰
Traditional聊
to find some consolation (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to find some consolation (idiom)
- ，。
He consoled himself by saying he had done his best.
- 貳动verb
to find relief in
- 。
He could only console himself with that.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL
A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
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