字源
zì yuán
Pinyin
Definition
字源
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- etymology (of a non-Chinese word)
- origin of a character
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一字一泪
- 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
- 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
- 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
- 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
- 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
- 2 concise and powerful style
八字没一撇
- 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
- 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
- 3 no sign of success yet