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wrap
shape of a woman holding a child wrapped in her arms |
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spoon, ladle
a small ladle used to serve wine from a jar |
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bull's-eye/
<structural particle>
round ripples shaped like a shooting target form when a ladle is used to serve wine; most targes are drawn on white |
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sentence
wrap (bao) + mouth (kou)
to wrap the mouth with both arms is an analogical way of saying a sentence in many words together |
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dog
dog (quan) + sentence (ju)
a faithful dog keeps barking at strangers |
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wrap
wrap (bao) + unborn child (si)
a shape of a pregnant woman hugging her unborn child |
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full
eat (shi) + wrap (bao)
to be 'full' means you eat so that you look like a woman who has a child inside |
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embrace
hand (shou) + wrap (bao)
to embrace a child with arms as closely as child is contained in its mother's womb |
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run
foot (zu) + wrap (bao)
when you run your leg bends as if to hug something |
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how, why
say (yue) + pray (gai)
when somebody dies anyone shout and plead to the gods asking why |
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thirsty
water (shui) + why (he)
a person pleading 'why?' becomes thirsty and searches for water to drink |
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drink
mouth (kou) + why (he)
a person pleading 'why?' opens his mouth wide to drink water |
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do not
flowing blood [symbol] + knife (dao)
using a knife to draw blood is never ideal - so it cam to mean 'do not' |
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suddenly
do not (wu) + heart (xin)
suddenly the heart do not beat from fear
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matter, object, thing
cow (niu) + kill with knife/do not (wu)
a cow could be slaughtered for meat and leather and purchase other things |
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change; easy
sun (ri) + do not (wu)
when the sun do not shine anymore the change appears so fast and easy |
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kick
foot (zu) + change (yi)
an excellent footballer changes the foot with which he kicks the ball |
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