爱不释手

HSK level

6

Traditional form

愛不釋手

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

爱 ài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 愛 ài .

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱爫冖友

Number of Strokes

10

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

4

释 shì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 釋 shì . Phonosemantic compound. 釆 biàn represents the meaning and 睪 yì represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

睪 yì

Semantic compound

釆 biàn

Positional decomposition

⿰釆 biàn ？

Number of Strokes

12

手 shǒu

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Positional decomposition

？

Number of Strokes

4

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一 yī 本 běn 好 hǎo 书 Shū 会 huì 使 shǐ 我 wǒ 爱不释手 àibùshìshǒu .

I can always lose myself in a good book.

这些 zhè xiē 令 Líng 人 rén 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán 的 de 女主人 nǚ zhǔ rén 公使 gōng shǐ 哈特的 de 书读起来 qǐlai 让 ràng 人 rén 爱不释手 àibùshìshǒu 。

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