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ladle; spoon
it means spoon, but is more used to mean 'person' |
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compare
person/spoon (bi) + person/spoon (bi)
to compare two people facing the same direction |
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slap; criticize
hand (shou) + compare (bi)
to criticize means to compare two people and slap with a hand the one that is below par |
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north
person/spoon (bi) + person/spoon (bi)
two people, one is facing south because or the light, so the other one is forced to face away toward north |
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ride
tree (mu) + person/spoon (bi) + person/spoon (bi)
two people riding on a wooden cart |
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88e) 剩 / 剩下
sheng / sheng xia |
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surplus, remnant / remain, be leftover
ride (cheng) + knife (dao)
to build a ride like a cart one needs a knife to cut off unwanted parts - the leftovers
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it
house (mian) + old person/spoon (bi) |
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change
person (ren) + person/spoon (bi)
a person is born a baby but dies old man - everything changes |
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flower; spend
grass [cao] + change (hua)
grass changes into beautiful flowers - but one must spend time
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die
broken bone/bad + old person/spoon (bi)
an old man with broken bones will surely die |
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this
stop (zhi) + old person/spoon (bi)
this is what happens when an old man stops walking |
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some, few
this (ci) + two (er)
reduced to two things like this means that one have only a few or some of them |
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purpose; tasty
person/spoon (bi) + bowl [symbol]
the purpose of a spoon is to be used with a bowl |
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finger;
point, indicate
hand (shou) + purpose (zhi)
the purpose of a hand is to point with a finger |
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can
bear [symbol] + bear's foot [symbol]
a bear standing on his hind legs and holding up his front paws shows that he can do everything when angry |
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bear
can (neng) + for paws of a bear [symbol]
four paws are added to 'can' to reinforce that it is about a bear |
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corpse
this is the position of a corpse in an ancient grave |
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spread out
corpse (shi) + shroud [symbol]
a shroud has been spread out to clothe the corpse in |
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Buddhist nun
corpse (shi) + person/spoon (bi)
a nun is a person in so deep meditation that it resembles a corpse |
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<question particle>
mouth (kou) + nun (ni)
a nun with a mouth wide open questioning what happens; at the end of sentence to mark a question |
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layer; level; floor
house/corpse (shi) + cloud (yun)
a cloud is layered, while a house has many floors |
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house
house/corpse (shi) + arrive (zhi)
to build a house in the spot where the arrow landed |
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grasp, grip, hold
hand [shou] + house (wu)
a firm hand in one's own house grasp control of the situation |
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reside, live
house/corpse (shi) + ancient (gu)
an ancient house where one can reside for a long time |
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act in accordance; fortified
hand (shou) + reside (ju)
in a fortified home one can reside without having trembling hands |
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brush
corpse (shi) + towel (jin) + knife (dao)
a corpse is brush-cleaned with a knife and towel |
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ruler, a unit of length
to draw a line between a person's legs to measure the distance; one foot is 30,5 centimeters
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situation; office
ruler (chi) + mouth (kou)
an official verbally describes the situation as if measuring the facts |
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slow
ruler (chi) + go (chuo)
measuring a road is a slow process |
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