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Meaning of 蹇

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Pinyin: jiǎn
English Definition: lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse; surname Jian
Chinese Definition:
①跛,行走困难:蹇足。蹇步。
②迟钝,不顺利:蹇涩。蹇滞。蹇拙。蹇运。时乖命蹇。
③傲慢。
④穷困。
⑤驽马,亦指驴。
⑥文言语助词:蹇谁留兮中洲?
⑦姓氏。
Total strokes: 17; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (foot) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [gàimian2] roof; house
    • Above to below
      • [ ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
Similar Characters: 弿
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Example Words
时乖运蹇 shí guāi yùn jiǎn to be down on one's luck (idiom)
时乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
蹇修 jiǎn xiū go-between; matchmaker
蹇拙 jiǎn zhuō clumsy (writing); awkward; obscure
蹇滞 jiǎn zhì awkward; ominous; unfavorable
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Example Sentences
1
12
He also often go out of the apprentice, Crown Ping, Ping Longtan, Jian Pei home and other places he has 12 instructors.
2
寿
Through the analysis of novels by Shousheng, the article brings to light the cultural characteristics and the differences between his novels and novels by Jian Xianai and Shen Congwen.
3
He distinguishes individual fates beyond the dutiful idealization that controls our perception of the earth's ill-fated nations.