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ChiCha135 - Necessities of Life - Clothes - blue & green
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

135) 青

qing

Definition

green or blue

Green rust appearing (生) on a red (冃→丹) metal like copper.

Term

135a) 清

qing

 

Definition

clear

water 202[shuǐ] + blue  [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 () the bluer () it is

Term

135bx) 米

mi

Definition
rice
Term

135b) 精

jing

Definition

(re)fined

rice 138[mǐ] + blue/clarity  [qīng]

clear blue (青) water helps the rice (米) refined

Term

135c) 请

qing

Definition

please, request, ask

word =22[yán] + blue/clarity  [qīng]

Blue water symbolizes clarity and blue/clear (青) words (讠) mean ‘clear’ speech. When making a request, one must be polite

Term

135dx) 忄

xin

Definition
heart
Term

135d) 情

qing

Definition

feeling

heart =28[xīn] + blue  [qīng]

 

Term

135e) 晴

qing

Definition

clear (weather), fine

sun 218[rì] + blue  [qīng]

The sun () shines in a cloudless blue () sky when the weather is clear

Term

135yx) 目

mu

 

Definition
eye
Term

135y-11h*) 睛

jing

Definition

eyeball

eye  [mù] + blue/clarity 135[qīng]

when one’s eyes () are clear (), one can see the pupils

Term

135zx) 争

zheng

Definition
contend
Term

135z-36c*) 静

jing

Definition

quiet

blue/clarity 135[qīng] + contend  [zhēng]

a less contented () and more quiet conversation can bring clarity () in ideas

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