离 lí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
离不开
líbùkāi
cannot do without
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我离不开你。 Wǒ lí bu kāi nǐ. I cannot be without you.
- 孩子离不开妈。 Hái zi lí bu kāi mā. The child cannot be without Mom.
- 生活离不开水。 Shēng huó lí bu kāi shuǐ. Life cannot exist without water.