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ChiCha158 - Agriculture - Land - fire
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

huo

Definition

fire

A simple representation of fire as a shape.

Term

deng

Definition

lamp, light, lantern

traditional form 燈

电灯 "Electric light" (电 + 灯); 红灯 "Red light" (traffic signal)

台灯 "Desk lamp."

fire () burning on top of a lampstand () as lamp

Term

yao

Definition

high, lofty, eminent

sacred earth-mound on a towering stand—a symbol of divine authority and celestial connection; Emperor Yao

Term

shao

Definition

to burn, to cook

fever

TRAD. 燒;    烧火 "To light a fire." 烧毁 "To burn down."

发烧 fever, literally "emit + burn" (body heat).

  burning () of enemy’s corpse which is hung high () to create fear.

Term

he

Definition

grain, cereal

rice plant

rice stalk is a kind of a tree (木) that hangs its head (丿) as it ripens.

Term

qiu

Definition

autumn, fall

when grains () meets fire () it's autumntime to harvest and burn fields

Term

ye

Definition

page

head above a person's legs and face put together to mean 'head'; this character is also used to indicate pages of a book

Term

fan

Definition

bother, feel vexed,

to trouble, troublesome

别麻烦  "Don’t bother!"; 心烦意乱 "Distracted and upset" (lit. "heart annoyed, mind chaotic").

anyone with a head on fire would be much in trouble

Term

tan

Definition

to talk, to chat

谈判 "Negotiation" (formal discussions).

谈论 "To discuss" (often in-depth).

words () of heat (flying back and forth — a lively conversation or a heated (discussion

Term

huo/biao

Definition
fire
Term

hei

Definition

black, dark

黑暗 "Darkness" (literal or metaphorical)

黑板 "Blackboard." 黑客 "Hacker" (lit. "black guest"). 

a chimney, thanks to charcoal ()  burnt by fire (), becomes dark and black 

Term

zhan

Definition

to occupy/ posses

to divine, predict

crack (卜) are interpreted (口) by shamans who are "claiming" land via divination thus approving a military occupation

Term

 

Definition

a dot, point, drop

a little, a bit

to order (food)

to light/ignite

divine brush for making dots with a black ink

Term

ran

Definition

right, correct

so, thus, like that

果然 guǒrán, "indeed";   然而 "However" ("thus + but")

meat () of a  dog ()  burning on a fire () because the sacrificial rituals were performed like that

Term

re

Definition

heat, hot

热能 "Thermal energy."

热情  – enthusiasm, warmth (of personality)

a hand () throws the "energy pellets" on fire () to increase the heat

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