- 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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自取灭亡
自取灭亡
to court disaster (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to court disaster (idiom)
- 。
This approach of his is a path to self-destruction.
- 貳动verb
to dig one's own grave
- 。
He is bringing about his own destruction by acting this way.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耳(ear; lobe)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)RADICAL
The right hand grasps the enemy's ear — that is how ancients took spoils of war.
自取灭亡
Traditional自取滅亡
to court disaster (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to court disaster (idiom)
- 。
This approach of his is a path to self-destruction.
- 貳动verb
to dig one's own grave
- 。
He is bringing about his own destruction by acting this way.
STROKE ORDER
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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.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耳(ear; lobe)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)RADICAL
The right hand grasps the enemy's ear — that is how ancients took spoils of war.
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