biān

whip or lash

to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)

leather (革) + sound (便) = whip

革 is leather hide, the material whips are made from. 便 contributes the sound biān rather than any meaning here.

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便ConvenientPhonetic
LeatherSemantic

他用子赶着马,快速穿过了田野。

tā yòng biān zi gǎn zhe mǎ , kuài sù chuān guò le tián yě 。

He drove the horse with a whip and quickly crossed the fields.

老师轻轻挥动教,指着黑板上的字。

lǎo shī qīng qīng huī dòng jiào biān , zhǐ zhe hēi bǎn shàng de zì 。

The teacher gently waved the pointer, pointing at the characters on the blackboard.

Words with 鞭

钢鞭

gāng biān

mace (weapon)

霸王鞭

bà wáng biān

a rattle stick used in folk dancing

马鞭

mǎ biān

horsewhip

党鞭

dǎng biān

(politics) whip

三节鞭

sān jié biān

three-section staff (old-style weapon)

先鞭

xiān biān

to be the first; to lead the way

快马加鞭

kuài mǎ jiā biān

to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)

投鞭断流

tóu biān duàn liú

arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army

掘墓鞭尸

jué mù biān shī

to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

扬鞭

yáng biān

to whip on

放鞭炮

fàng biān pào

to set off firecrackers

教鞭

jiào biān

teacher's pointer

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