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ChiCha143 - Necessities of Life - Shelter - broad
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03/02/2025

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Term

143) 广

guang

Definition

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

Term

143a) 床

chuang

Definition

bed

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + tree 210[mù]

 A wooden () structure within a house (广) would be the bed.

Term

143yx) 隶 / 

奴隶 / 奴

li / nuli / nu

Definition

scribe; slave

 

 

Term

143y) 康 / 健康

kang / jiankang

Definition

peaceful; health

house/broad 广143[guǎng] + slave  [lì]

A slave () who worked hard all day gets to rest peacefully in the house  (广), so they can retain their health.

Term

143bx) 廿

nian

Definition
twenty
Term

143bxx) 又

you

Definition
again
Term

143b) 度

du

Definition

degree; extent; measure

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + twenty 廿50d[niàn] + hand/again 34[yòu]

To use a hand () to measure many sides (廿) of a large house (广) to measure the extent and degree of job to do

Term

143c) 应

ying

Definition

answer, respond; should

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + people [symbol]

In an office with three walls (广), the people (symbol) are pleading their case, and the official should answer 

Term

143dx) 土

tu

Definition
earth, dust, soil
Term

143d) 庄 / 庄园

zhuang / zhuangyuan

Definition

manor; village

house/broad 广 [guǎng] + soil 152[tǔ]

A manor is an extra house (广) the rich built to watch over their land (土) in the village.

Term

143ex) 肉

rou

Definition
meat
Term

143e) 脏

zang

Definition

viscera; dirty

meat 221192[ròu] + villa/manor  [zhuāng]

The rich occupants of the manor () slaughtered an animal to eat the meat () and left the dirty parts like internal organs for the dirty villagers 

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