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forest 林
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楚
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
chǔ Top: forest 林 (= two trees 木), bottom: correct 正 [actually bales of cloth 疋] (the correct foot 止 stops at the line 一)
The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly.
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林
疋
正
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梦
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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dream, illusion
mèng Top: forest 林 (2 trees 木), below: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.)
Like a forest in the evening, that's my dream.
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林
夕
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林
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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forest, woods
lín
Two trees stand for a forest
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林
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禁
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to prohibit to forbid, to endure
jīn, jìn Top: wood/forest 林, bottom: to show, altar 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八)
In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden. - Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.
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林
示
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麻
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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hemp or flax fiber, numb
má Left: builing 广, below: forest 林
In the building is (protected) a whole forest of hemp.
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麻
广
林
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摩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to rub, massage, to try to figure out
mó Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: hand 手
(Use of hemp for cleaning) With hemp in the hand it is rubbed.
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麻
林
手
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魔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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devil
mó Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), bottom: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶>)
Hemp is a demon like the devil.
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麻
林
鬼
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磨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó, mò Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: stone 石
Use hemp on the stones for polishing.
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麻
林
石
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淋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to water sth., to sprinkle, drench, to drip
lín, lìn Left: water 氵, right: forest 林
With water you'll get a (whole) forest, if you water it.
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氵
林
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婪
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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greedy, avaricious, rapacious, insatiable
lán Top: forest 林, bottom: women 女
Whoever sees the "forest" (= personal property) above "women" (= social contacts) is greedy.
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林
女
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彬
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JLPT no HSK |
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ornamental, refined
bīn Left: forest 林, right: hair 彡
In the forest you hang hair as an ornamental refinement? (Among the trees 木, the fir/pine 杉 is ornamental.)
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林
彡
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琳
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gem, beautiful jade
lín Left: king, jade 王, right: forest 林
The king has a forest with gems.
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玉
王
林
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襟
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JLPT no HSK |
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lapel, overlap of Chinese gown, heart, aspiration
jīn Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: prohibit, forbid 禁 (In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden, Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.)
Clothes that is forbidden: are lapels.
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衣
林
示
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焚
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JLPT no HSK |
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burn
fén Top: forest 林, bottom: fire 火
In the forest is a fire, that is burning!
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林
火
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霖
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continued rain
lín Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: forest 林
When the rain is like a forest, it is: continued rain.
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雨
林
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梵
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Buddhism, Sanskrit
fàn Top: forest 林, bottom: usually 凡 [=table 几 with a scratch 丶]
(In nature ethics:) Forests are common in Buddhism.
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林
凡
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麓
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foot of a hill
lù Top: forest 林, bottom: deer 鹿 (orig. pictograph of a deer)
Forests with deer are at the foot of the mountain.
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林
鹿
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