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corpse
this is the sitting position of a corpse in an ancient grave |
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lush (bujan), dense
an ax as an pruning tool for cutting plants thus creating vegetative density |
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to spread out,
to unfold/fold out
corpse (shi) + shroud/clothing [symbol]
a corpse is covered with a shroud that has been unfolded to exhibit its curled shape |
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Buddhist nun, monk
corpse (shi) + person/spoon (bi)
a corpse buried with a ladder proves that this person was a Buddhist nun |
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<question particle>
mouth (kou) + nun (ni)
a nun with a mouth wide open questioning what happens; at the end of sentence to mark a question |
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layer; floor; level
building frame/house/corpse (shi) + cloud (yun)
a cloud has layers, a house has floors, while there are levels of analysis |
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to arrive, to reach
extreme, utmost
from the sky to the ground a bird arrives with utmost speed |
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house, room, shelter
roof/corpse (shi) + arrive (zhi)
to arrive under a roof where one can take a big rest - that's a house of repose |
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to grasp/hold/grip
hand [shou] + house (wu)
man's hand in his own house will always try to grasp the opportunity to overtake the control |
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to reside, to dwell
to live
house/corpse (shi) + ancient (gu)
corpses used to be buried inside ancient houses where a family would reside generation after generation |
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to rely on;
according to; basis evidence
hand (shou) + reside (ju)
to build by hand a place where to live is an evidence how one can rely on his own skills |
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to brush/scrub/swipe
corpse (shi) + towel (jin) + knife (dao)
a corpse is brush and scrub-cleaned with a knife and towel |
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