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ChiCha152 - Agriculture - Land - soil
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

土

hu

Definition

earth, dust, soil

Signifies a mound of earth or soil. Also came from the model of male penis made from earth.

Term

也

ye

Definition

also; too

when watching a woman's genitals one squints with the other eyes too

Term

地

di

Definition

earth, ground, land

<structural particle, before a verb or adjective>

soil gives life like woman's genitals to the farmed land

Term

场

chang

Definition

field, open space, ground, place

traditional form 場

A large ground (土) with sunlight shining upon it (昜) provides a suitable place (场) people to gather and hold events

Term

昜

yang

Definition
sun
Term

坐

zuo

Definition

to sit; take a seat

two people (人) sitting down on ground (土) to have a sitting

Term

广

zuo

Definition

wide, broad

house on a cliff, symbolizing a sheltered space

Term

座

 

Definition

seat, base, stand

a person who is comfortably seated during a sitting (坐) inside a house (广).

Term

不

bu

Definition

not

root of a plant will not spring above the ground

Term

坏

huai

Definition

bad, spoiled (food)

broken, not working

When the soil (土) no longer (不) produce crops it is turned bad

Term

啬

se

Definition

stingy

double+ soil + [symbol 'plus'] + storage (symbol)

a stingy person puts money in a vault inside a vault buried under double layer of soil

Term

墙

qiang

Definition

wall

soil (tu) + stingy (se)

walls of soil are build by stingy people

Term

曾

ceng

Definition

once (in the past)

great-grand

未曾 "never have"; 曾几何时 "not long ago"

曾孙 "great-grandson"; 曾祖父 great grandfather

the layers above the setting sun

Term

增

zeng

Definition

to increase, to add

to enhance

earth (土) accumulates additional layers (曾) thus increasing its size

增值 "added value", 增量  "increment"; 增强 "to strengthen" 

Term

怪

quai

Definition

strange, queer

a heart (忄) in front of something holy and wise (又) feels strange

Term

圣

sheng

Definition

holy, sacred

sage, wise person

a hand that rules everything on the earth, holy from above, earth-grounded and wisely down

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