- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
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落草为寇
落草为寇
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
- ，。
He turned to banditry and lived a life of flight across the land.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
落草为寇
Traditional落草為寇
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
- ，。
He turned to banditry and lived a life of flight across the land.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
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