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弃农经商

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Simplified
Pīnyīn
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to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
弃
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *弃* | 弃* | *弃
7画
reject, abandon, discard
棄
0044.3
YIT
农
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *农* | 农* | *农
6画
agriculture, farming; farmer
農
4073
LBV
经
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *经* | 经* | *经
8画
classic works; pass through
經
2711
VMNOM
商
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *商* | 商* | *商
11画
commerce, business, trade
0022.7
YCBR

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
弃农经商
to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
弃
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弃* | 弃* | *弃
to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away
 农
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *农* | 农* | *农
surname Nong
 农
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *农* | 农* | *农
(bound form) agriculture
 农
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *农* | 农* | *农
variant of 農|农
  经
  Jīng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *经* | 经* | *经
surname Jing
  经
  jīng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
  经商
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
   商
   Shāng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *商* | 商* | *商
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) / surname Shang
   商
   shāng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *商* | 商* | *商
commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient)