貴遠賤近

to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

Characters and words in 貴遠賤近

expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a treasure chest. Gitta Giraffe (gu) and the crab (贝) found a treasure chest (贵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Inside of the chest they found a very precious dart board (中) and flutes (一) made out of gold; they mistake the flutes for darts and play a game of darts throwing the flutes at the very expensive (贵) dart board.
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

= + : In anthill Yu the Great spent already hundreds of coins on a claw crane, because she wants these gladiator sandals so badly. She tries again and again, but she always moves the claw too far.
to distance oneself from (classical)
inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is patiently waiting for the other person to finish using the floating tank (戋) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but as she finds that a crab (贝) has been using it she thinks that the crab is way too lowly (贱) compared to her and that the floating tank has to be regarded as untouchable (贱).
near / close to / approximately

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) tries to lift two very heavy bar bells (斤) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) while wearing gladiator sandals (辶). She cannot lift them even a little bit though; the bar bells are always very close (斤) to her gladiator sandals.

Words with 貴遠賤近

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