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双喜在汉字里
Too Much of a Good Thing?
口 kǒu: mouth; opening, entrance, pass
品 pǐn: commodity; grade or class; quality or character, to decide through discrimination
金 j īn: metal, gold; valuable; money; precious
鑫 xīn: prosperous or turning a good profit (used in personal or shop names)
贝 beī: mollusk, shellfish; cowry shell (ancient money)
赑 bì: to strain your muscles, exert one’s strength
牛 nǐu: cattle, ox
奔 (three oxen): run quickly, hasten
木 mù: tree, wood
林 lín: forest; grove of trees or bamboo
森 sēn: heavily wooded jungle or forest
日 rì: sun; day
晶 jīng: brilliant, glittering, crystal-clear; quartz
水 shuǐ: water, liquid
淼 mǐao: (of water) a vast expanse, stretching as far as the eye can see (more…)
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