只爭朝夕
to seize every minute (idiom) / to make the best use of one's time
Characters and words in 只爭朝夕
only / merely / just / but
只
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八
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
朝
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十
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早
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月
:
Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.
Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards
朝
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十
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早
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月
:
Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.
Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks a bit like a bat, and bats come out of their caves at dusk. I could see the upper left 丿 as part of the bat's right wing, ㇇ as the body/head and 丶 as the eye of the bat.
Xi Shi (xi) goes out for a space walk in front of the space station (Ø1) in the evening (夕), where she observes a space bat.
Xi Shi (xi) goes out for a space walk in front of the space station (Ø1) in the evening (夕), where she observes a space bat.
Words with 只爭朝夕
只爭朝夕
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Sentences with 只爭朝夕
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