to cross a river

to aid or relieve; to be of help

water (氵) + phonetic (齐) = cross water, aid others

The water radical carries the core meaning: crossing a river, then extending to aiding someone across difficulty. 齐 contributes the sound jì and does not add semantic weight here.

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这点小钱对他来说无于事。

zhè diǎn xiǎo qián duì tā lái shuō wú jì yú shì。

This little bit of money is of no help to him at all.

光说好话不能事,还是要行动。

guāng shuō hǎo huà bù néng jì shì,hái shì yào xíng dòng。

Just saying nice words cannot be of real help; action is still needed.

Words with 济

国民经济

guó mín jīng jì

national economy

经济

jīng jì

economy

长三角经济区

cháng sān jiǎo jīng jì qū

Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)

长江三角洲经济区

cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu jīng jì qū

Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)

长江经济带

cháng jiāng jīng jì dài

Yangtze River Economic Belt

集体经济

jí tǐ jīng jì

collective economy

零工经济

líng gōng jīng jì

gig economy

额济纳

é jì nà

Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

额济纳旗

é jì nà qí

Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

额济纳河

é jì nà hé

Ejin River in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia

首都经济贸易大学

shǒu dū jīng jì mào yì dà xué

Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)

不济

bù jì

(coll.) no good; of no use

More characters with 氵