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ChiCha175 - Animals - Land Animals - cow
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

175) 牛

niu

Definition

cow

Symbolizes a cow with horns looked at from the front.

Term

175a) 件 / 物件

jian / wujian

Definition
measure word for a piece or thing
Term

175yx) 寺

si

Definition
Buddhist temple
Term

175y-42b*) 特

te

Definition

special

cow 175[niú] + temple [sì]

Buddhists do not kill animals or eat meat. When a bull () is offered to a Buddhist temple (), it is considered as a special offering.

Term

175zx) 勿

wu

Definition
do not
Term

175z-49b*) 物

wu

Definition

matter, object, thing

cow 175[niú] + kill with knife/do not [wù]

a cattle () is a valuable possession. When one was slaughtered (), the family could gain meat and leather, and purchase other things they needed

Term

175bx) 八

ba

Definition

eight

divide

Term

175b) 半

ban

Definition

half

divide/eight 229[bā] + cow [niú]

Signifies a cow () which is being butchered and cut in half ().

Term

175cx) 刀

dao

Definition
knife
Term

175cxx) 角

jiao

Definition
horn
Term

175c) 解

jie

Definition

solve, understand;

separate

horn [jiǎo] + knife 119[dāo] + cow [niú]

a cow () is butchered by a knife () and came into completely separate parts such as the meat, bones and even its horns (). Also came to mean ‘understand’ by understanding everything by dividing them into such smaller parts.

Term

175d) 告

gao

Definition

tell, inform

cow [niú] + mouth 16[kǒu]

Two theories exist for this: a signpost () is put up to warn people of dangerous traps (), or a cow () crying () to signal and tell the owners that it’s hungry.

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