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ChiCha227 - Nature - Miscellaneous - cloud;say
Discover their Hidden Meanings
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Language - Chinese
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03/02/2025

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Term

云

yun

Definition

cloud; say

Signifies clouds floating in the sky. A floating cloud can also predict rain, which then also came to mean to say.

Term

运

yun

Definition

to move, transport

luck, fortune

a cloud (云) floating (辶) and moving around "transporting" the rain, or   creating the omens of good luck

Term

力

li

Definition

force, power, strength

 picture of a plow or tendon, implying strength

Term

动

dong

Definition

to move, to act

TRAD 動; 运动 "Exercise" (lit. "to move")

a cloud (云) forces a man with a plow (力) to move faster because of the coming rain

Term

尸

shi

Definition

corpse

尸检 autopsy (lit. corpse examination)

this is the sitting position of a corpse in an ancient grave

Term

层

ceng

Definition

layer; floor; level

a cloud has layers, a house has floors, while there are levels of analysis

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