绊 bàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 半 half
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绊脚石
bànjiǎoshí
stumbling block; obstacle
Characters in this word
脚 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 却 still, but
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
石 shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 对许多年轻研究者来说，缺乏稳定资助才是最现实的绊脚石。 Duì xǔduō niánqīng yánjiūzhě lái shuō, quēfá wěndìng zīzhù cái shì zuì xiànshí de bànjiǎoshí. For many young researchers, the lack of stable funding is the most realistic stumbling block.
- 骄傲自满往往是进步路上最大的绊脚石。 Jiāo'ào zìmǎn wǎngwǎng shì jìnbù lù shàng zuì dà de bànjiǎoshí. Pride and complacency are often the biggest stumbling blocks on the road to progress.
- 别让一次失败成为你前进的绊脚石。 Bié ràng yí cì shībài chéngwéi nǐ qiánjìn de bànjiǎoshí. Don't let a single failure become a stumbling block to your progress.
Related words
- 绊 bàn to trip; to stumble; to hinder
- 脚 jiǎo foot
- 脚步 jiǎobù footstep
- 脚印 jiǎoyìn footprint
- 脚踏实地 jiǎotāshídì down-to-earth; pragmatic
- 手脚 shǒujiǎo hands and feet; actions; tricks
- 指手画脚 zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo to gesticulate and criticise; to boss people around
- 石头 shítou stone
- 石油 shíyóu oil
- 宝石 bǎoshí gemstone
- 化石 huàshí fossil
- 礁石 jiāoshí reef; rock in the sea