座右铭
zuòyòumíng
motto; maxim
Characters in this word
铭 míng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 名 name
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他把每天进步一点点这句话当作自己的座右铭。 Tā bǎ měitiān jìnbù yīdiǎndiǎn zhè jù huà dàngzuò zìjǐ de zuòyòumíng. He took the phrase "improve a little every day" as his motto.
- 她把座右铭写在笔记本的第一页上。 Tā bǎ zuòyòumíng xiě zài bǐjìběn de dì yī yè shàng. She wrote her motto on the first page of her notebook.
- 这个座右铭一直激励着他努力工作。 Zhège zuòyòumíng yīzhí jīlìzhe tā nǔlì gōngzuò. This motto has always spurred him on to work hard.
Related words
- 座 zuò a measure word for buildings and mountains
- 座位 zuòwèi seat
- 讲座 jiǎngzuò lecture
- 插座 chāzuò socket, outlet
- 就座 jiùzuò to take one's seat
- 星座 xīngzuò constellation; zodiac sign
- 座谈 zuòtán to hold a discussion; symposium
- 右 yòu right (side)
- 右边 yòubian right side, on the right
- 左右 zuǒyòu left and right; about
- 左顾右盼 zuǒgùyòupàn to look around anxiously or hesitantly
- 铭记 míngjì to engrave in one's memory; to remember deeply