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傺

chì
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 frustrated and disappointed (bound, in 侘傺)
  2. 2 to detain; to linger

Examples

侘傺失意的诗人四处漂泊。
Chà chì shīyì de shīrén sìchù piāobó.
Frustrated and unrecognized, the poet wandered in despair.
侘傺的他不知该往何处去。
Chà chì de tā bùzhī gāi wǎng héchù qù.
Disappointed and downcast, he did not know where to go.

Tips

history
傺 is a bound character living in 侘傺, a literary word for being frustrated, downcast and out of one's place. It appears in 屈原 and other classical poetry of disillusionment.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the person radical 人 in left-side form. It marks this as a state of a person, here someone held back and dispirited.
phonetic
祭 jì
to offer sacrifice
祭 supplies the sound, shifted from jì to chì. It is the phonetic element here and contributes no meaning to the word.

Stroke Order

傺 chì