- 走(run; go)RADICAL
- 干(pole; intervene)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Holding a pole and running after someone—that's the action of chasing and catching up.
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赶鸭子上架
赶鸭子上架
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
- ，。
Forcing ducks onto a shelf is a difficult task to undertake reluctantly.
- 貳动verb
fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
- 。
You're forcing someone to do something they can't do.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
赶鸭子上架
Traditional趕鴨子上架
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
- ，。
Forcing ducks onto a shelf is a difficult task to undertake reluctantly.
- 貳动verb
fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
- 。
You're forcing someone to do something they can't do.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 走(run; go)RADICAL
- 干(pole; intervene)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Holding a pole and running after someone—that's the action of chasing and catching up.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺊(dot above; high position)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(standard baseline; norm)ASSOCIATIVE
A dot mark sitting above a horizontal line represents the meaning 'above'.
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