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- Zi
- oneself
- the Chinese often refer to themselves by pointing a finger at their nose - the little drop between eyes
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- Bai
- white
- a clear drop of white
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- Bai
- hundred
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In ancient Chinese culture, the color white was associated with purity, completeness, and wholeness. These concepts align with the idea of a single complete set or a large, round number like 100.
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- Zao
- soap
- to keep the hands shinning clear 7 days a week enough is to have a white piece of soap
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- Jiu
- old
- one needs a walking stick when days get old
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- Zhong
- middle/center; hit (target); within
- split off a box in the middle with a line
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- She
- tongue
- inside a mouth there is something with 1000s taste buds
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- Sheng
- to rise, to ascend; approx. 1 liter
- the slanted horizontal line suggests rising until reaching 1 liter (the vertical line)
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- Wan
- pill
- a dragon with a huge pill inside
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- Zhan
- to occupy/capture, to take up / to divine
- a mouth with a magic wand divines about what to occupy or capture
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- Ka
- card
- bellow + up combines a card
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- Zhuo
- outstanding / EMINENT
- only an eminent magician can do something outstanding as to use a sunflower as a magic wand
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- Chao
- dinasty
- early + ancient + moon ???
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- Chao
- to ridicule, to mock
- every dynasty should be loudly ridiculed
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