得天独厚 détiāndúhòu

HSK level

Traditional form

得天獨厚

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

得 dé

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally written as 㝵 dé . Depicts a hand (寸 cùn ) grabbing a shell (貝 bèi ), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get". The 彳 chì (movement) component was added later.

Positional decomposition

⿰彳 chì ⿱旦寸

Number of Strokes

天 tiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a line above a person, representing the sky.

Positional decomposition

⿱一大

Number of Strokes

独 dú

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 quǎn represents the meaning and 虫 chóng represents the sound. Simplified form of 獨 dú .

Phonetic compound

虫 chóng

Semantic compound

犭 quǎn

Positional decomposition

⿰犭虫

Number of Strokes

厚 hòu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a container of wine that has been aging in a cave, thus having a strong flavor.

Positional decomposition

⿸⿸厂日子

Number of Strokes

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Some cities are always going to be more advantaged.

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