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ChiCha127 - War - Ceremonies - occupy
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

127) 卜

bu/bo

Definition

divination; foretell

to tell a fortune with cracked bones

Term

127a) 占

zhan

Definition

occupy

divination  [bǔ] + mouth 16[kǒu]

thanks to a fortunetelling one is told occupy a territory

Term

127b) 店

dian

Definition

shop

house/broad 广143[guǎng] + occupy  [zhàn]

To occupy an auspicious site(), construct a building(广) and open a ‘shop.’

Term

127cx) 立

li

Definition

stand

a person standing upright on the ground

Term

127c) 站

zhan

Definition

stand; stop; station

stand 79 [lì] + occupy  [zhàn]

the local government putting up() stations on a site they
occupied(
) so officials could rest their horses; this is how ‘bus stops or stations’ were started

Term

127dx) 灬

biao/huo

Definition
fire
Term

127d) 点 / 一点

dian / yidian

Definition

dot

occupy  [zhàn] + fire =158[huǒ]

fire  [huǒ]” makes ash, and combined it with occupy  [zhàn] to borrow the pronunciation. A dot is small, so this character means ‘a little.’

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