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hand over
head (tou) + crossed legs (symbol)
to sleep together and make love |
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school
tree (mu) + hand over (jiao)
a wooden structure used for exchanging knowledge |
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dumpling
eat (shi) + mix/hand over (jiao)
(with meat and vegetable stuffing)
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compare
cart (che) + mix/hand over (jiao)
out of an assortment of cars, they are comparing |
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capital / Beijing
head (hou)+ structure of a building (symbol)
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cool
ice (bing) + large/capital (jing)
a large building with a high ceiling and thick walls is cool like ice |
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forgive
word (yan) + large/capital (jing)
words of a high-ranking official living in a large building has the power to forgive/pardon |
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shadow, photo, movie
sunshine (jing) + decorate/hair (shan)
when the sun shines, buildings cast shadows;
shadows are also used in photos and movies
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high
a large palace with a high large entrance |
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do
hands (shou) + high (gao)
a high palace with the need of many servant's hands on boards to help |
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bright
high (gao) + person (ren)
a talented bright person that rises high and shines brightly |
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enjoy
high (gao) + child (zi)
to help ancestor to enjoy life, the descendants build up a high altar for offering |
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pellet
a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance
bow |
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who, what
enjoy (xiang) + bow/pellet (wan)
Who is the one bowing at the ancestral shrine, which is pleasing to the ancestors |
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be cooking, ripen
who (shu) + fire (huo)
to impress dead ancestors, one has to cook ancestor's favorite meal over a fire, or to offer ripe fruits |
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9-11 pm
this character takes the shape of an animal's skeleton; when coupled with other characters, it means bone/frame |
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carve, cut;
moment, a quarter (of an hour)
bone (hai) + knife (dao)
carved (with a knife) writing on a bone |
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should
word (yan) + bone (hai)
literally 'a bone within a word' - a warning that should be heeded |
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child
child (zi) + bone (hai)
bones of a child can be felt under the skin because young children are yet to gain much fat and muscle |
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cough
mouth (kou) + bone (hai)
coughing is so hard on the body
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die, perish
a person who stands up straight is considered hunched over and dead due old age or sickness |
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forget
die (wang) + heart (xin)
memories of dead one breaks the heart,
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busy
heart (xin) + die (wang)
a person about to die has a busy heart,
because there is little time and so much to do |
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look toward,
die (wang) + moon (yue) + stand on tiptoe (ting)
a man who is about to die away from home misses his family and stands tiptoe to look at the same moon they will be seeing in the sky |
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ordinary,
all, every, whatever
sail |
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win
currency/shell (bei) + sail/ordinary (fan) + die (wang) + mouth (kou) + boat (zhou)
A ship with a sail signifies going to war; a man who is victorious is one who did not die, his mouth will tell the tale, and he gains riches |
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