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you, thou
person [ren] + small (xiao)
any man wants to be better than other: 'you' are smaller person |
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you
person [ren] + you (er)
demonstrative pronoun |
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you (formal)
you (ni) + heart (xin)
adding the heart creates a more polite version of you |
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change;
-ify, -ization, -ize
person [ren] + person/spoon (bi)
a person is born baby but dies an old man - everything changes |
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flower; spend
grass [cao] + change (hua)
grass changes to flower by spending a lot of time |
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rest
person [ren] + tree (mu)
a person leaning against a tree to rest |
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permit, allow
newborn baby/private (si) + person [ren]
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shape of walking slowly
child/permit (yun) + walk slowly (zhi) |
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acid
empty bottle (you) + shape of walking slowly (qun)
alcohol slowly ferments to give off the acidic taste |
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in advance; early
foot/stop (zhi) + person [ren]
if a person washes his feet early, he can enter the sacred place |
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wash
water (shui) + early (xian)
always first wash with water |
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choose, select, pick
early (xian) + go (chuo)
to select the best parts of the early crops and to proceed to an alter |
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elder brother
mouth (kou) + person (ren)
a person with a large mouth when discussing family matters |
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wish, pray, invoke
altar/show [shi] + elder brother (xiong)
the elder brother goes to the altar to pray for his wish to come true |
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situation, condition
ice [bing] + elder brother (xiong)
the elder brother assess the situation according to the ice on the windows |
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exchange; cash
eight (ba) + elder brother (xiong)
the elder brother has 8 of ideas to exchange cash |
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speak
word [yan] + exchange [dui]
the elder brother likes to speak words about cash |
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take off, escape
meat [rou] + exchange (dui)
the exchange of meat for cash to escape the urge for flesh |
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yuan;
two (er) + person (ren)
two persons needs yuan for their economy |
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complete, whole
house [mian] + origin (yuan)
a house is complete only with yuans
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courtyard
hill (fu) + complete (wan)
a home completely surrounded with walls like hills with a courtyard in the middle |
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garden
enclose [wei] + yuan (yuan)
garden must be enclosed because it's full of yuans
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far (away)
yuan (yuan) + go [chuo]
with a lot of yuans one can go far away
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