entries → 座右銘
TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
座右銘 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
座右銘 =
ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ · zuòyòumíng
noun — a motto, a maxim one lives by; a guiding saying kept close at hand

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a seat (座位)zuò
the right side (右邊)yòu
an inscription (銘文)míng
座右銘,座位的座,左右的右,銘記的銘。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

把一句話刻好(),擺在位()的)邊,天天看著它。
A saying inscribed (銘) and set at the right (右) of the seat (座), in view every day.
字源
關 · Related
格言géyána maxim, a saying — the same role, plainly namedmíngjìto engrave in the mind — the same