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a man with open eyes looking forward |
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feel / sleep; become aware
a boy watches the adults tie straws together to cover a roof, and becomes aware of their wisdom; he is waked up from the sleep of childhood |
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observe
hand/again (you) + see (jian)
using hands to touch and eyes to see to better observe an object |
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look at
show (shi) + see (jian)
no just to see what is showed, but to look at the truth revealed by the gods |
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appear; present
jade (yu) + see (jian)
when holding a jade under the sun to see the purity, many colors appear like they are present |
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view, look at
supervise (jian) + see (jian)
people poured water into a bowl to look at/glance over the reflections of their face |
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straightforward, tough personality
looking behind |
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walk;
step with left foot |
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very
walk (chi) + look back/straightforward (gen)
turning to look back while walking forward means one is very reluctant to leave something behind |
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root
a tree needs to be looked after until its root firmly attaches |
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heel; follow; and
foot (zu) + look back/straightforward (gen)
the heel is the part of the foot that one can see only by by following the next procedure: turning one's head, and to look behind |
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silver
gold/metal (jin) + look back/straightforward (gen)
to find a metal as precious as silver (prized more than gold) means one has to keep looking everywhere and behind himslef |
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retreat, step back
look back/straightforward (gen) + go (chuo)
looking back at the increasing distance while going away in retreat |
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leg
meat (rou) + retreat (tui)
meat needs legs to retreat thus avoiding to be eaten |
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good
the long corridor of a palace or a well-maintained castle wall is always good to see |
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wave
water (shui) + good (liang)
waves or ripples have a good effect on water |
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wolf
wolves like dogs possess a good sense of what to do |
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young lady
woman (nu) + good (liang)
good time in a woman's life is as young lady; it is honorific character when addressing older lady like mother |
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