A foot is the fleshy part of the body that helps us step backward or forward.
脚踏两只船
to have a foot in both camps
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to have a foot in both camps
- ,。
He's juggling two relationships and doesn't know which one to choose.
- 貳动verb
to have a bet each way
- 。
He always has one foot in two boats.
- 參动verb
to be having an affair
- ,。
He tried to have it both ways, and in the end he had nothing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot; leg)RADICAL
- 沓(stack; overlap)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Stepping on the ground and treading through layers of accumulated earth beneath your feet.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; top)RADICAL
- 冂(frame; border; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(two people walking together)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 舟(small boat; pictographic)RADICAL
- 几(small table)PHONETIC
- 口(mouth; cavity)ASSOCIATIVE
A boat has an empty cargo hold like a mouth to carry goods and people.
to have a foot in both camps
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to have a foot in both camps
- ,。
He's juggling two relationships and doesn't know which one to choose.
- 貳动verb
to have a bet each way
- 。
He always has one foot in two boats.
- 參动verb
to be having an affair
- ,。
He tried to have it both ways, and in the end he had nothing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot; leg)RADICAL
- 沓(stack; overlap)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Stepping on the ground and treading through layers of accumulated earth beneath your feet.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; top)RADICAL
- 冂(frame; border; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(two people walking together)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 舟(small boat; pictographic)RADICAL
- 几(small table)PHONETIC
- 口(mouth; cavity)ASSOCIATIVE
A boat has an empty cargo hold like a mouth to carry goods and people.
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