brimming or overflowing

bow (弓) + 尔 = brimming and overflowing

The bow (弓) evokes a string drawn to its limit — stretched full, holding as much tension as possible, which extends naturally to the idea of something filled to overflow. 尔 is purely phonetic, contributing the mí sound.

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You (archaic pronoun)Phonetic
Bow (the weapon)Semantic

春天来了,花香漫在空气中。

chūn tiān lái le, huā xiāng mí màn zài kōng qì zhōng。

Spring has come; the fragrance of flowers is brimming throughout the air.

大火过后,烟雾漫,整条街都看不清楚。

dà huǒ guò hòu, yān wù mí màn, zhěng tiáo jiē dōu kàn bù qīng chǔ。

After the big fire, smoke was overflowing everywhere and the whole street was hard to see clearly.

Words with 弥

阿弥陀佛

ē mí tuó fó

the Buddha of the Western paradise

阿弥陀如来

ē mí tuó rú lái

Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light

阿耳忒弥斯

ā ěr tè mí sī

Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon)

须弥

xū mí

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

须弥山

xū mí shān

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

安魂弥撒

ān hún mí sa

Requiem Mass (Catholic)

弥勒

mí lè

Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha

弥勒佛

mí lè fó

the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha

弥勒菩萨

mí lè pú sà

Maitreya Bodhisattva

弥合

mí hé

to cause a wound to close up and heal

弥天

mí tiān

filling the entire sky

弥天大谎

mí tiān dà huǎng

a pack of lies (idiom)

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