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old
the short version of the ancient 老;
a person with a hunched back and a long stick to help him to tread the ground is an old man |
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old, elder(ly)
wild hair [lao] + walker/spoon (bi)
a sage with wild hair gripping a walker is the old iconic image of an elder |
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child / meaningless suffix
a child wrapped in a blanket means 'sons and daughters' |
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filial piety; obedience
a child is carrying an old man showing obedience |
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to test, to examine to investigate, to inspect
old [lao] + cane/skillful [丂]
one needs the old man skillfulness to examine an argument, to investigate a case, or to test a hypothesis |
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strike
it is always a hand which strikes holding a nunchuck |
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to teach(ing); education, religion
filial piety/obedient (xiao) + strike (pu)
if one teaches his child with discipline, the child will be obedient; religion needs even bigger discipline |
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