棋高一着，缚手缚脚

棋高一着，缚手缚脚 in English

qí gāo yī zhāo fù shǒu fù jiǎo
(idiom) Originally referring to chess, it later means that a technical advantage leaves the opponent unable to display their abilities.

Character breakdown

Stroke order

Le caractère 高 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 高 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 一 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 一 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 着 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 着 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 手 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 手 Show the animation

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

Le caractère 脚 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 脚 Show the animation

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

How it used to be written

棋

  • Oracle bone script: 棋 Oracle bone script 商
  • Small seal script: 棋 Small seal script

高

一

着

These are the forms of 著, the traditional character: 着 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Clerical script: 著 Clerical script 東漢
  • Clerical script: 著 Clerical script 曹魏

缚

These are the forms of 縛, the traditional character: 缚 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

手

脚

These are the forms of 腳, the traditional character: 脚 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Small seal script: 腳 Small seal script
  • Qin bamboo slips: 腳 Qin bamboo slips 秦

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

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