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Meaning of 貽

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(Simplified: 贻)
Pinyin:
English Definition: to present; to bequeath
Chinese Definition:
①赠给。
②遗留,留下:贻害。贻误(使受到坏的影响)。贻训。贻笑大方(让内行见笑)。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (money) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency
    • [ tái ] platform; unit; term of address
Similar Characters:
Example Words
貽誤 to affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity); to mislead
貽害 hài to have bad consequences
貽害無窮 hài qióng to have disastrous consequences
貽笑大方 xiào fāng to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
貽貝 bèi mussel
More:貽* | *貽 | *貽*
Example Sentences
1
One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities.
2
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
3
He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5
2042
By the year 2042, the entire system would be exhausted and bankrupt.