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ChiCha207 - Nature - Natural Scenery - grass
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

cao

Definition

grass

Simplified form of sprouts or grass () formed by combining 2 sprouts () Used only in combination with other characters and usually placed on top

Term

zao

Definition

morning, early, soon

早起 to wake up early; 早睡 early to bed; 早上 morning; 早餐 breakfast

Sun () rises further up () from the dawn “[dàn],” to start morning.

Term

cao

Definition

grass; rough, draft

草地 lawn; 野草 weeds; 草稿 rough draft; 草率 sloppy

草药 herbal medicine; 草图 sketch, draft plan

plant () that grows early () is grass

Term

cai

Definition

to pick, to collect

采茶 to pick tea leaves; 采花 to pick flowers;

采访 to interview (lit. gather opinions);

采纳 to accept (advice); 采用 to adopt / use (a method)

to pick tree's young shoots or fruit by hand

Term

cai

Definition

vegetables, greens

蔬菜 vegetables; 菜单 menu; 中国菜 Chinese cuisine

 plants () that are picked (by hand are vegetables

Term

cha

Definition

tea, tea plant

喝茶 to drink tea; 茶道 tea ceremony; 茶馆 teahouse

the leaves (that are like a surplus (余) are used for tea

Term

hua

Definition

to change/convert

-ify, -ization, -ize

变化 change, transformation; 现代化 modernization

文化 culture (lit. written transformation)

全球化 globalization; 简化 simplification

化学 chemistry; 化工 chemical industry

prisoner takes time to sharpen a spoon to transform and change it into a knife

Term

hua

Definition

flower, blossom

to spend (money, time)

花朵 blossom; 开花 to bloom; 花粉 pollen

花钱 to spend money; 花时间 to spend time

花纹 decorative pattern; 花哨 gaudy; 花花公子 playboy; 

眼花 dazzled (lit. eyes flowered)

grass changes to flower by spending a lot of time under the sun

 

Term

gu

Definition

ancient, old

古老 age-old; 古文 ancient texts; 古城 ancient city

tombstone old cross on an ancient headstone

Term

ku

Definition

bitter; hardship

苦茶 bitter tea; 吃苦 to endure bitterness (a metaphor for resilience)

痛苦 pain/suffering; 辛苦 hard work/toil; 吃苦 to endure hardship

苦难 adversity, hardship; 很苦 very bitter

Old (plants () mean medicinal herbs, which are naturally bitter.

Term

yi

Definition

second; 2nd

In contracts, 甲方 = Party A, 乙方 = Party B
(like "Party 1" and "Party 2")

the rotate number "2"

Term

yi

Definition

art; skill

艺术 art; 艺术家 artist; 工艺 craftsmanship; 技艺 technical skill;

someone looking after a plant () that is growing haphazardly and crooked (). Attending to such a plant requires enormous effort and is a skilful art.

Term

zhui

Definition

(short-tailed) bird

Signifies a small bird which looked at from its side. While “[niǎo]” is used to and signify long-tailed and larger birds, this character is a general term to mean ‘short-tailed and smaller birds.’

Term

jiao

Definition

plantain; banana

香蕉 banana; 蕉树 banana tree

a plant () that looks dark and like burnt (焦) when it is not fresh anymore is a plantain or a banana

Term

yue

Definition

to make an appointment

to arrange

 to promise / agree

approximately, roughly

约定 to arrange (to make an agreement); 合约 contract;  大约 roughly

a connection () made by drinking wine together from the same ladle () thus making an agreement or a pact 

Term

yao

Definition

drug, medicine

中药 traditional Chinese medicine; 西药 Western pharmaceuticals

药店 pharmacy; 吃药 to take medicine; 毒药 poison

a plant () upon which is agreed () that it works like a medicine

Term

shi

Definition

world, society 

generation, era, lifetime

世界 world; 世俗 secular world; 一生一世 a whole lifetime; 

三世同堂 three generations under one roof

"ten" and "ten" and "ten"three decades = one generation

Term

yu

Definition

extra, surplus, remainder;

I, me (classical)

剩余 leftover, surplus; 多余 unnecessary, extra

业余 spare time, or amateur (lit. beyond work)

 an archaic component meaning "to ";

what is gathered () on the altar () is the surplus

Term

jiao 

Definition

burned, scorched;

anxious, worried

焦黑 burnt black, charred; 焦点 focus, focal/central point;

焦虑 anxiety (burning with worry); 焦急 anxious, impatient

a bird () above a fire (灬) being burned 

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