- 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE
A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.
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高不成低不就
高不成低不就
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
- ，。
He always aims too high and refuses to settle for less, so he has never found a job.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 氐(low foundation; root base)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person bending down to the roots is truly at the lowest point.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
高不成低不就
Traditional高
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
- ，。
He always aims too high and refuses to settle for less, so he has never found a job.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE
A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 氐(low foundation; root base)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person bending down to the roots is truly at the lowest point.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
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