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dry; clean; shield
to do; main part
a shield can also keep one dry from rain, and it can protect fragile stems from hail from the sky |
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year; New Year
age of person
person (ren) + rice plant (he)
the most important "Noon" in the year
Chinese people were harvesting rice once a year |
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noon; 11 am - 1pm
a parasol ("sun shield") is very useful during the midday period
when a pestle has no shadow from the sun - it is noon |
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to allow, to permit
to promise, maybe
word (yan) + pestle/noon (wu)
words are pounded out (izgnječiti) with a pestle around noon before allowing or maybe even promising something |
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<preposition>
at; in; on, from, to
related to location, comparison, and relation
a "shield" for different purposes |
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interrogative or
exclamatory particle
final particle in classical Chinese, expressing question or doubt |
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