痹 bì numbness
numbness; paralysis; numbess
怎么记住“痹”: 疒 illness + 畀 to give = numbness. The long illness leaves the pianist's fingers weak, and when he tries to give a concert, his hands freeze in numbness.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
痹 = 疒 illness + 畀 to give
- 疒 illness meaning
- 畀 to give sound
The long illness leaves the pianist's fingers weak, and when he tries to give a concert, his hands freeze in numbness.
How it came to be
Illness gives the meaning and the part inside the sound; the word first meant an illness caused by damp.
用法
- Numbness/paralysis, chiefly 麻痹 (mábì): numbness (面部麻痹 facial palsy), and crucially the figurative sense of letting one's guard down: 麻痹大意 (mábì-dàyì) to be off-guard and careless, 思想麻痹 (sīxiǎng mábì) mental complacency.