- 馬(horse)RADICAL
- 奇(strange; unusual)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Riding a horse is the strange action of sitting on the back of a galloping horse.
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骑虎难下
骑虎难下
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
- 。
He is now in a situation where he has mounted the tiger and cannot dismount.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
骑虎难下
Traditional騎虎難下
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
- 。
He is now in a situation where he has mounted the tiger and cannot dismount.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 馬(horse)RADICAL
- 奇(strange; unusual)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Riding a horse is the strange action of sitting on the back of a galloping horse.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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