- 龜(turtle (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 龜 depicts a turtle with its shell, head, and legs clearly drawn.
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龟笑鳖无尾
龟笑鳖无尾
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
- ，。
The tortoise mocks the softshell turtle for having no tail, while the fifty-step runner mocks the hundred-step runner.
- 貳名noun
fig. the pot calling the kettle black
- ，。
The tortoise laughs at the soft-shelled turtle for having no tail, and the fifty-step runner laughs at the hundred-step runner.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 夭(lithe; youthful)ASSOCIATIVE
A bamboo tree bending and swaying in the wind looks like it's laughing with joy.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
龟笑鳖无尾
Traditional龜笑鱉無尾
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
- ，。
The tortoise mocks the softshell turtle for having no tail, while the fifty-step runner mocks the hundred-step runner.
- 貳名noun
fig. the pot calling the kettle black
- ，。
The tortoise laughs at the soft-shelled turtle for having no tail, and the fifty-step runner laughs at the hundred-step runner.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 龜(turtle (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 龜 depicts a turtle with its shell, head, and legs clearly drawn.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 夭(lithe; youthful)ASSOCIATIVE
A bamboo tree bending and swaying in the wind looks like it's laughing with joy.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
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