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to go, to leave
person (da) + private [symbol]
a focus is on a person moving away - leaving - from a (private) location |
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seal; person
a person kneeling
a person crouching in a deep bow |
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retreat/step back
but, however,
to decline
go (qu) + knee/person (jie)
a man is leaving bowing down respectfully while he is stepping back - BUT refusing to turn his back and to retreat in a kneeling position |
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foot, leg
meat/flesh (rou) + go (qu) + kneel/person (jie)
flesh is added because for retreating or kneeling one needs his feet |
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to lose/throw away
line [pie] + go/leave (qu)
how an additional "line" can "leave" us? When we somehow lose it, or when we deliberately throw it away |
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law, method, way
water [shui] + go/leave (qu)
a water moves away by following the law of the least resistance; 法治 "rule of law" |
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to stop, to cease
to dismiss, to quit
net [wang] + go/leave (qu)
one would like to go anywhere but a net stops him whenever he tries to leave until he gives up |
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to arrange; exhibit
to swing (pendulum)
hand (shou) + caught in the net/finish (ba)
a hand can do several things with what is stopped and caught in a net: to arrange and exhibit, even to swing it back and forth |
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