以
old variant of 以[yi3]
㠯
=
尸
+
口
:
Mnemonic symbol: 㠯 looks like a cool pair of safety goggles.
A ghost (尸) has been hiding from Maud Younger (Ø3) in a mandarin (口). Maud finds the mandarin in the space station's living room (Ø3) and squeezes the ghost out, and in order to (㠯) be protected from the mandarin juice flying all around in zero gravity she is wearing safety goggles (㠯).
A ghost (尸) has been hiding from Maud Younger (Ø3) in a mandarin (口). Maud finds the mandarin in the space station's living room (Ø3) and squeezes the ghost out, and in order to (㠯) be protected from the mandarin juice flying all around in zero gravity she is wearing safety goggles (㠯).
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
以 character breakdown
old variant of 私[si1]
Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Characters with 以 as component
to plan to / to draft (a plan) / to imitate / to assess / to compare / pseudo-
doubtful / suspicious / variant of 擬|拟[ni3] / to emulate / to imitate
Words with 以
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say