The back is the meat on the rear side, like facing north with your back turned away from the sun.
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背城借一
背城借一
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- 。
They decided to make a last stand defending the city.
- 貳动verb
to put up a desperate struggle
- ，。
They made a desperate stand with the city at their backs, vowing to defend their homeland to the death.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 土(earth; soil; ground)RADICAL
- 成(complete; become)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A fortified wall built from earth protects the completed territory.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 昔(ancient times; past)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Borrowing someone else's belongings means temporarily taking something from their past possessions.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
背城借一
Traditional背
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- 。
They decided to make a last stand defending the city.
- 貳动verb
to put up a desperate struggle
- ，。
They made a desperate stand with the city at their backs, vowing to defend their homeland to the death.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 土(earth; soil; ground)RADICAL
- 成(complete; become)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A fortified wall built from earth protects the completed territory.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 昔(ancient times; past)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Borrowing someone else's belongings means temporarily taking something from their past possessions.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
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