- 聿(writing brush; pen)ASSOCIATIVE
- 曰(speech; mouth)ASSOCIATIVE
A book is spoken words recorded by a pen onto characters.
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郢书燕说
郢书燕说
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
- 貳动verb
fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
- ，。
He completely misunderstood my meaning through a case of mistaken transmission, like the story of the Ying scribe and Yan speaker.
- 參名noun
to pile up errors
- 肆名noun
refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS郢书燕说
Traditional郢書燕說
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
- 貳动verb
fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
- ，。
He completely misunderstood my meaning through a case of mistaken transmission, like the story of the Ying scribe and Yan speaker.
- 參名noun
to pile up errors
- 肆名noun
refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 聿(writing brush; pen)ASSOCIATIVE
- 曰(speech; mouth)ASSOCIATIVE
A book is spoken words recorded by a pen onto characters.
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