功名蹭蹬

功名蹭蹬 in English

gōng míng cèng dèng: (idiom) This expression refers to setbacks and frustration in passing the imperial examinations and entering official service.

Character breakdown

功 gōng meritorious deed or service
名 míng name
蹭 céng to rub against / to walk slowly / to fre…
蹬 dèng (literary) to encounter setbacks

Stroke order

Le caractère 功 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 功

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 名 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 名

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

功

Bronze script 戰國晚期.晉
Clerical script 孫吳
See all 10 forms

名

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 19 forms

蹭

Small seal script

蹬

Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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