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green or blue
Green rust appearing (生) on a red (冃→丹) metal like copper. |
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clear
water 氵202[shuǐ] + blue 青 [qīng]
When sunlight hits clear water, the infrared rays and red lights are absorbed and only the blue lights are reflected. So the clearer the water (氵) the bluer (青) it is |
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(re)fined
rice 米138[mǐ] + blue/clarity 青 [qīng]
clear blue (青) water helps the rice (米) refined |
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please, request, ask
word 讠=言22[yán] + blue/clarity 青 [qīng]
Blue water symbolizes clarity and blue/clear (青) words (讠) mean ‘clear’ speech. When making a request, one must be polite |
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feeling
heart 忄=心28[xīn] + blue 青 [qīng]
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clear (weather), fine
sun 日218[rì] + blue 青 [qīng]
The sun (日) shines in a cloudless blue (青) sky when the weather is clear |
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eyeball
eye 目 [mù] + blue/clarity 青135[qīng]
when one’s eyes (目) are clear (青), one can see the pupils |
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quiet
blue/clarity 青135[qīng] + contend 争 [zhēng]
a less contented (争) and more quiet conversation can bring clarity (靑) in ideas |
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