臥 Stroke Order
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Information of 臥
Pinyin
wò
Radical
臣
Strokes
8 strokes
Usage
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Definition
to lie / to crouch
臥:
1. Same as "卧" (to lie down).
2. Verb: To lie down, to fall down.
- Example: "仰卧" (to lie on one's back).
- From Tang dynasty poet Wang Han's "Liangzhou Ci": "Drunkenly lying on the battlefield, do not laugh; throughout history, how many have returned from war?"
- From Tang dynasty poet Du Mu's "Qiuxi": "The night air on the heavenly steps is cool as water, lying down to gaze at the Cowherd and Weaver Girl stars."
3. Verb: To sleep, to rest.
- From "Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 65, Biography of Sunzi and Wuqi": "When lying down, do not set a seat; when traveling, do not ride."
- From Tang dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan's "The Enjoyment of the Western Mountain": "When drunk, we lean against each other and lie down, lying down and dreaming."