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wide, broad
Offices in old palaces had one wall torn down where the king or officials would sit. This character describes a wide house with three walls |
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bed
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + tree 木210[mù]
a house (广) with a wooden (木) structure within - the bed |
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slave; be subordinate to
the ancient character show a hand holding on to an animal tail - illustrating subordination |
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health(y), peaceful well-being
house/broad (guang) + slave/subordinate (li)
inside a house is makes sense to have a slave for the sale of health, harmony, and the overall being
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degree; extent; (to) measure
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + twenty 廿50d[niàn] + hand/again 又34[yòu]
inside a large house (广) twenty (廿) hands (又) are measuring the extent and degree of job to do |
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should, ought to
to answer/respond
to deal with
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + people [symbol]
In an office with three walls (广), the people (symbol) should be answered gently as if they are small birds with all his heart;
报应 - "Karma" (lit. "retributive response") |
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village, hamlet
manor (plemićka kuća)
house/broad 广 [guǎng] + soil 土152[tǔ]
a house (广) the rich build to watch over their land (土) in the village is called a manor |
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viscera; internal organs
dirty, filthy
meat 月221→肉192[ròu] + villa/manor 庄 [zhuāng]
a meat (肉) from slaughtered animal goes to a manor (庄), while the dirty viscera remains for the village |
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