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pitfall 臽
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A person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
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陷
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge
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Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼)
As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured.
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焰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flame
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Left: fire 火, right: pitfall 臽 (a falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼, but here: flame ⺈ over a fireplace 臼)
The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame.
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阱
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hole, pitfall
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Left: hill 阝, right: a well 井
At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall.
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掐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch
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Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼)
The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching.
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馅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| stuffing, filling, force-meat
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Left: food 饣/食, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼 [= mortar])
The food that is pressed into a "pitfall", is the stuffing.
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阎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| gate to a lane / community
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Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐)
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.
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