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a person crouching in a deep bow |
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disaster
cliff [an] + person (jie)
a person who met a disaster by falling off a cliff |
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person (ren) + disaster (e)
a man standing dangerously at the edge of a cliff, where 'falling' means certain disaster |
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winding
house (mian) + lying around (yuan)
a person at home rolling round in his sleep like a toy being 'wound up'
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bowl
stone (shi) + winding (wan)
to roll up clay into the shape of a bowl and fire it in a kiln until it is hard as a stone |
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step back; but;
refuse, decline
go (qu) + knee/person (jie)
a man who lost a battle cannot step back and walk away but go around on his knees |
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foot
meat (rou) + go (qu) + kneel/person (jie)
only with feet made of meat a person can walk away |
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joint; festival
bamboo (zhu) + kneel/person (jie)
a kneeling person bents his joint to use the long bamboo stick during the festival |
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86) 令 / 命令
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order, command
assemble (ji) + person (jie)
a man kneeling under the seat of power to receive an order |
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life
order/command (ling) + mouth (kou)
following the verbal order from the seat of power guarantees life |
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cold, frosty
ice (bing) + order/command (ling)
commands or orders are cold as ice |
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zero; 0
rain (yu) + order/command (ling)
gods order that the raindrops should fall dawn in the shape of zeros |
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lead; collar
order/command (ling) + head/page (ye)
the head of a team who leads and gives orders |
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welcome; (go to) meet
look up/I (ang) + go [chuo]
a man going out to welcome a guest who is much looked up and respected |
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seal; print
hand/claw (zhao) + kneel/person (jie)
the acceptance is sealed by putting a hand on the head of a kneeling man |
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4th sign of zodiac
a long puddle by the side of a rice paddy |
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stay
puddle/4th (mao) + field (tian)
even a puddle of water is enough to make one stay on the field and not to go study abroad
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