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ChiCha144 - Necessities of Life - Shelter - door
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

144) 户

hu

Definition

household, family, door

a small household had a single door, smaller than the larger double doors ()

Term

144ax) 斤

jin

Definition

catty

ax

Term

144a) 所

suo

Definition

place

door [hù] + ax 118[jīn]

A storage room is a place with a single door () where farming tools such as an ax () are kept.

Term

144bx) 方

fang

Definition

square

Term

144b) 房

fang

Definition

room; house

door [hù] + square 160[fāng]

A square () area with a single door () is a room or a house.

Term

144cx) 册

ce

Definition

book

Term

144c) 扁

bian

Definition

flat

door [hù] + book 217[cè]

A door (户) usually made by tying branches together to make a flat slab (ploča), just like bamboo books (册).

Term

144d) 遍

bian

Definition

all over

flat [biǎn] + go 61[chuò]

Not only did the Chinese tie branches together to make flat () doors, they did the same to make fences going () all over their land.

Term

144ex) 竹

zhu

Definition
bamboo
Term

144e) 篇

pian

Definition

piece (of writing); sheet

bamboo 216[zhú] + flat [biǎn]

Before paper was invented, flat () slabs of bamboo () were tied together to make a piece of writing

Term

144f) 护

hu

Definition

protect

hand =31[shǒu] + door [hù]

a petty poor person who is protecting his one-door () house with his hands ().

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