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双喜在汉字里

21 January 2007

Too Much of a Good Thing?

kǒu: mouth; opening, entrance, pass
pǐn: commodity; grade or class; quality or character, to decide through discrimination

j īn: metal, gold; valuable; money; precious
xīn: prosperous or turning a good profit (used in personal or shop names)

beī: mollusk, shellfish; cowry shell (ancient money)
: to strain your muscles, exert one’s strength

nǐu: cattle, ox
奔 (three oxen): run quickly, hasten

: tree, wood
lín: forest; grove of trees or bamboo
sēn: heavily wooded jungle or forest

: sun; day
jīng: brilliant, glittering, crystal-clear; quartz

shuǐ: water, liquid
mǐao: (of water) a vast expanse, stretching as far as the eye can see (more…)

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