- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.
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酒逢知己千杯少
酒逢知己千杯少
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
- 。
When enjoying wine with a kindred spirit, a thousand cups seem too few.
- 貳形adjective
when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
- ，。
When drinking with a kindred spirit, a thousand cups seem too few, but when conversation fails to resonate, even half a sentence is too much.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; reduce)ASSOCIATIVE
Take the small character and remove one more stroke, and you get something scarce or meager.
酒逢知己千杯少
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a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
- 。
When enjoying wine with a kindred spirit, a thousand cups seem too few.
- 貳形adjective
when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
- ，。
When drinking with a kindred spirit, a thousand cups seem too few, but when conversation fails to resonate, even half a sentence is too much.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 小(small; tiny)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke; reduce)ASSOCIATIVE
Take the small character and remove one more stroke, and you get something scarce or meager.
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