斗唇合舌

斗唇合舌 in English

dòu chún hé shé: (idiom) To show off one's verbal skills and play with words. It may suggest empty or affected eloquence.

Character breakdown

斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[she…
唇脣 chún lip
合閤 hé to close
舌 shé tongue

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 斗

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 合

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

How it used to be written

斗

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 10 forms

唇

Small seal script

合

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 16 forms

舌

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script
See all 10 forms

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

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