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Chinese - Ch 09
Chinese Characters from the book by Heisig & Richardson
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Language - Chinese
Beginner
10/19/2024

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Term
179) 里
Definition
  • 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 
Term
180) 量
Definition
  • 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)
Term
181) 埋
Definition
  • mai
  • BURY, conceal
  • to bury something in the earth or to conceal it inside the village;
  • or, will computers bury us under the soil  
Term
182) 黑
Definition
  • hei
  • BLACK, dark
  • a computer screen going "black" because of the overheating
Term
183) 墨
Definition
  • mo
  • ink
  • black soot + burned pine wood = ink 
Term
184) 冒
Definition
  • mao
  • risk, to emit
  • wearying a hood over the eyes reduces the risk and emits the air of secrecy
Term
185) 同
Definition
  • 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 
Term
186) 洞
Definition
  • dong
  • hole, cave
  • Water is accumulating in a single hole at the bottom of the cave
Term
187) 
Definition
  • shu li
  • beautiful, elegant
  • a pair of antlers (jelenji rog)
Term
188) 向
Definition
  • 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
Term
189) 响
Definition
  • xiang
  • to (make) sound, noise
  • a mouth makes a sound helping the orientation of ET with a sonar 
Term
190) 尚
Definition
  • shang
  • still, yet; to value, to esteem 
  • ET is still highly esteemed and valued as a movie
Term
191) 字
Definition
  • zi
  • letter, symbol, CHARACTER
  • a child born in a Chinese house gets his own "character"
Term
192) 守
Definition
  • shou
  • to guard, to observe, defend
  • a hand is holding a small weapon to guard and defend the house
Term
193) 完
Definition
  • 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 
Term
194) 灾
Definition
  • zai
  • DISASTER, calamity
  • a house on fire is a real disaster
Term
195)   
Definition
  • 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
Term
196) 宵
Definition
  • xiao
  • night, evening, dark
  • at house one needs a candle during the night  
Term
197) 安
Definition
  • an
  • install
  • anning
  • peace, calm; safe, secure
  • a woman inside a house suggest a place of safety and calm
Term
198) 宴
Definition
  • yan
  • feast, BANQUET
  • a woman must work the whole day in the house to prepare everything for the feast
Term
199) 寄
Definition
  • ji
  • send, MAIL
  • a strange house for sending letters
Term
200) 富
Definition
  • fu
  • rich, wealthy, abundant
  • a house is wealthy when it has an abundance of fields
Term

201) 贮

 

Definition
  • zhu
  • to store, to stockpile
  • money under a single roof, where is safe to store it
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