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tongue
a shape of a tongue sticking out of a mouth |
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shave; blow
scratch, scrape;
tongue (she) + knife (dao)
the knife will cut the tongue if one is shaving while the wind is blowing
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talk
word (yan) + tongue (she)
a tongue creates words while talking |
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live; work
water (shui) + tongue (she)
a tongue moist with water means one is alive and able to work |
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suitable
tongue (she) + go (chuo)
follow the tongue if the words are suitable to follow |
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confuse
tongue (she) + hunched stance/hide (yi)
to have a crooked tongue means you said something wrong and confused everyone |
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sweet
holding a sweet thing in one's mouth without swallowing it |
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sweet
tongue (she) + sweet (gan)
a tongue can feel the taste of sweetness |
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