- 矢(arrow tip; arrowhead)
- 委(bend; stoop down)
A short person is like a bent arrow that cannot straighten up.
to be inferior to
He is half a head shorter than me.
to be of a lower grade than
His grades fall short of mine by half a level.
to be inferior to
He is half a head shorter than me.
to be of a lower grade than
His grades fall short of mine by half a level.
A short person is like a bent arrow that cannot straighten up.
Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).
A spear cuts through like a horizontal slash, severing a bird in two.
A short person is like a bent arrow that cannot straighten up.
Using a knife to split a cow in half equally shows the meaning of 半 (half).
A spear cuts through like a horizontal slash, severing a bird in two.
to be inferior to
to be inferior to
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