- ⺈(knife; variant form)ASSOCIATIVE
- 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.
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色厉内荏
色厉内荏
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
- ，。
He looks fierce, but in reality he is all talk and no action.
- 貳形adjective
a sheep in wolf's clothing
- ，。
He looks fierce, but he's actually a wolf in sheep's clothing.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 冂(outer boundary; fence)RADICAL
- 入(enter; go in)ASSOCIATIVE
Inside a fence, something that has already gone in becomes what is enclosed.
色厉内荏
Traditional色厲內荏
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
- ，。
He looks fierce, but in reality he is all talk and no action.
- 貳形adjective
a sheep in wolf's clothing
- ，。
He looks fierce, but he's actually a wolf in sheep's clothing.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺈(knife; variant form)ASSOCIATIVE
- 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 冂(outer boundary; fence)RADICAL
- 入(enter; go in)ASSOCIATIVE
Inside a fence, something that has already gone in becomes what is enclosed.
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