當
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
當 character breakdown
still / yet / to value / to esteem
尚
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⺌
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冋
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Mnemonic symbol: 和尚, a buddhist monk.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) assumed his new post inside of the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) at the border control checkpoint (冋). His first client is a buddhist monk (尚) who wants to import some aloe vera (⺌). Sherlock asks him what he thinks how large the value (尚) of his goods is, but the buddhist monk has no idea.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) assumed his new post inside of the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) at the border control checkpoint (冋). His first client is a buddhist monk (尚) who wants to import some aloe vera (⺌). Sherlock asks him what he thinks how large the value (尚) of his goods is, but the buddhist monk has no idea.
Characters with 當 as component
official records / grade (of goods) / file / records / shelves / slot / gap / crosspiece / classifier for crosspieces / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
档
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当
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木
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Don Quixote (d) found that he got the new folders he wanted for Christmas, but he also finds the shreds that the angry pitbull (当) made out of them under the Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Don Quixote leaps towards the Christmas tree anyway to save (档) what can be saved.
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
Words with 當
facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
Sentences with 當
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