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- li
- Chinese unit for distance; about half kilometer
- inside, within, village, neighborhood
- a soil is divided based on li in 4 fields for each neighborhood in the village;
- as an alternative, thanks to the "brain" above, it is not hard to imagine a computer screen with a stand
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- liang
- to measure, quantity or capacity
- a measuring device for quantity or capacity, like a balance scale or a computer, for measuring space (li) and time (sun)
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- mai
- BURY, conceal
- to bury something in the earth or to conceal it inside the village;
- or, will computers bury us under the soil
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- hei
- BLACK, dark
- a computer screen going "black" because of the overheating
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- mo
- ink
- black soot + burned pine wood = ink
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- mao
- risk, to emit
- wearying a hood over the eyes reduces the risk and emits the air of secrecy
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- tong
- same, (a)like, together
- a cowl (kapuljača) covers the eyes and leaves the mouth of the monks, who all look alike, free so that they can recite together the same single prayer
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- dong
- hole, cave
- Water is accumulating in a single hole at the bottom of the cave
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- shu li
- beautiful, elegant
- a pair of antlers (jelenji rog)
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- xiang
- direction, ORIENTATION
- a mysterious drop on the top of the head (maybe a sonar) and the absence of eyes suggest that we have an ET with a confused sense of orientation trying to find a direction
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- xiang
- to (make) sound, noise
- a mouth makes a sound helping the orientation of ET with a sonar
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- shang
- still, yet; to value, to esteem
- ET is still highly esteemed and valued as a movie
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- zi
- letter, symbol, CHARACTER
- a child born in a Chinese house gets his own "character"
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- shou
- to guard, to observe, defend
- a hand is holding a small weapon to guard and defend the house
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- wan
- to finish, complete; whole, entire
- at the beginning one puts the foundation at the bottom, and to finish the house one puts the roof at the top
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- zai
- DISASTER, calamity
- a house on fire is a real disaster
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- xuan / gen
- extend across, through /
to declare, to announce, to PROCLAIM
- a sun goes through the extended lines
- what the house of the sun proclaims it is spread and extended across the horizon
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- xiao
- night, evening, dark
- at house one needs a candle during the night
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- an
- install
- anning
- peace, calm; safe, secure
- a woman inside a house suggest a place of safety and calm
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- yan
- feast, BANQUET
- a woman must work the whole day in the house to prepare everything for the feast
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- ji
- send, MAIL
- a strange house for sending letters
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- fu
- rich, wealthy, abundant
- a house is wealthy when it has an abundance of fields
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- zhu
- to store, to stockpile
- money under a single roof, where is safe to store it
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