疲于供命

疲于供命 in English

pí yú gōng mìng: (idiom) To become exhausted from constantly running around to meet demands and carry out orders.

Character breakdown

疲 pí weary
于於 yú (of time or place) in
供 gōng to provide
命 mìng life

Stroke order

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 于

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 供

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 命

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

How it used to be written

疲

Small seal script
Clerical script 西漢

于

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 18 forms

供

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢
See all 4 forms

命

Oracle bone script 商
Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
See all 18 forms

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

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