Chinese

推波助瀾

/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ län³⁵/

to aggravate an already undesirable situation; to add fuel to the fire

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推波助瀾由四個漢字組成。其中「推」字包含表示手的「手」作為意符，以及表示短尾鳥的「隹」作為聲符；「波」字則由表示水的「水」作為意符，以及表示皮的「皮」作為聲符；「助」字由表示體力或能量的「力」作為意符，並以「且」作為聲符；「瀾」字則由表示水的「水」作為意符，並以「闌」作為聲符。

在字形構成中，「闌」字包含表示門戶的「門」作為意符，並以「柬」作為聲符；而「柬」字則是由「束」與「八」兩個部分組成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

characterChinese推 “to push”
- meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
- soundChinese隹 “short-tailed bird”
characterChinese波 “wave; breaker”
- meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
- soundChinese皮 “skin; peel; shell; rind (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 層／层 m c)”
characterChinese助 “to help; to aid; to assist”
- soundChinese且 “this”
- meaningChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
characterChinese瀾 “wave; billow”
- soundChinese闌 “door screen”
  - meaningChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
  - soundChinese柬 “letter; note; invitation”
    - ideaChinese束 “to bind; to tie up”
    - ideaChinese八 “eight”

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Origin

在字形構成中，「闌」字包含表示門戶的「門」作為意符，並以「柬」作為聲符；而「柬」字則是由「束」與「八」兩個部分組成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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characterChinese推 “to push”
- meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
- soundChinese隹 “short-tailed bird”
characterChinese波 “wave; breaker”
- meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
- soundChinese皮 “skin; peel; shell; rind (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 層／层 m c)”
characterChinese助 “to help; to aid; to assist”
- soundChinese且 “this”
- meaningChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
characterChinese瀾 “wave; billow”
- soundChinese闌 “door screen”
  - meaningChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
  - soundChinese柬 “letter; note; invitation”
    - ideaChinese束 “to bind; to tie up”
    - ideaChinese八 “eight”