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ChiCha103 - Title - Social - pain
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Language - Chinese
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02/28/2025

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Term

xin

Definition

bitter, toilsome

spicy, pungent; laborious, hardship

an awl (šilo - za bušenje rupa u koži) as a tool for marking slaves with pungent (a sharply strong) wounds thus condemning them to toilsome work and hardship

 

Term

qin

Definition

parent

close, intimate

awl/pungent [xin] + 2 dotes []

a person with an awl will hesitate to put markings on those people who are intimate or close to him, specially if he is their parent

Term

jin

 

Definition

ax

picture of an ax

Term

xin

Definition

new

parent (qin) + ax (jin)

a parent uses an ax to establish new rules (by replacing his awl with an new ax) to his inmates

Term

qie

Definition

concubine

awl/pain (xin) + woman (nu)

to use a short awl to "brand" a woman thus forcing her into servitude as a slave or a concubine

Term

shou

Definition
hand
Term

jie

Definition

connect; receive

hand (nu) + concubine (qie)

to offer a hand to a concubine, so that he connects with her, or to receive her servitude

Term

jiong

Definition

bright

In the early 2000s, Chinese netizens rediscovered due to its face-like appearance (resembling a squinting, grimacing expression), it became slang for "awkward," (Oh, no!) "speechless," (embarrassed) or "dumbfounded," akin to the English "facepalm."

someone is really "bright" 

Term

shang

Definition

trade(r), business

awl/pain (xin) + bright [jiong]

under a roof of a bright place - transparency is essential for trade - business is done with traders pretending to be dumfounded, while at the same time stab holding an awl behind their back

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