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Character Decomposition
徒=彳+走
Etymology
To walk 走 in someone's footsteps 彳
Meanings
surname Tu
(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc)
(bound form) on foot
(bound form) bare; empty
(bound form) to no avail; in vain
(bound form) merely; just; only
(bound form) prison sentence
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Words with 徒 292 total
Idioms with 徒 36 total
desperado不逞之徒bù chěng zhī túlecher · womanizer · dirty old man好色之徒hào sè zhī túbusybody好事之徒hào shì zhī túlit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) · fig. very poor · wretched家徒四壁jiā tú sì bìfollower of wine and women · dissolute person酒色之徒jiǔ sè zhī tú(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)马齿徒增mǎ chǐ tú zēng