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虑
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to worry about, be concerned, to consider, anxiety
lǜ Top: tiger 虍, bottom: heart 心
The tiger has a heart with "worries" =anxiety.
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虍
心
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虎
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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tiger
hǔ Top: tiger 虍 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding teeth), below: hind legs 儿
Only a tiger on hind legs is a real tiger.
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虍
儿
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虚
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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emptiness, void, unoccupied, humble, in vain
xū Top: tiger 虍, below: hollow 业 business, occupation (It is shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak.)
The tiger's hole is empty.
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虍
虚
业
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虏
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to capture, prisoner of war, to take prisoner
lǔ Top: tiger 虍, bottom: force 力
With a tiger you need force to capture it.
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虍
力
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虐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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oppressive, tyrannical
nüè Top: tiger 虍 (with fangs), below: claws 爪
The tiger has claws to be oppressive.
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虍
爪
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墟
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ruins, grave, mound
xū Left: earth 土, right: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void. )[业= hollow volcanic vent]
The earth is void when with ruins and graves.
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土
虚
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业
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滤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to filter, to strain, filtrate
lǜ Left: water 氵, right: to worry about 虑 (The tiger 虍 has a heart 心 that has worries.)
With this water I have worries and I am filtering it.
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氵
虍
心
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彪
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JLPT no HSK |
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(tiger)-stripes, a tiger-cat, streaks, veins
biāo Left: tiger 虎 (= tiger 虍 on the hind legs 儿), right: hair 彡
The tiger's hair have stripes.
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彡
虍
儿
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虔
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to act with reverence, reverent
qián Top: tiger 虍, below: text/language 文 (image of a folding table, on which a text is written)
Towards a tiger, your language should be with: reverence.
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虍
文
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虞
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JLPT no HSK |
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to anticipate, expect, cheat, worry
yú Top: tiger 虍 (with conspicious claws), below: province in Jiangsu 吴 (mouth 口 and sky, heaven 天)
A tiger with such a mouth is heaven-like ... at least you can anticipate.
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虍
吴
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嘘
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JLPT no HSK |
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exhale, hiss
xū Left: mouth 口, right void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.
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口
虚
虍
业
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唬
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JLPT no HSK |
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a tiger's roar, to scare, bluff, to intimidate
hǔ Left: mouth 口, right: tiger 虎 = 虍 and (negotiating) table 几
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) is a tiger's roar at the negotiating table, when scaring or bluffing.
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口
虍
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掳
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JLPT no HSK |
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to capture, to seize
lǔ Left: hand 扌, right: cature, seize 虏 (With a tiger 虍 you need force 力 to capture it.)
The hand: captures.
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扌
虍
力
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觑
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JLPT no HSK |
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to spy, watch for
qù Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: sehen 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.
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虚
虍
业
见
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谑
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to banter, to tease, to mock, joy, to joke
xuè Left: word 讠/言, right: oppressive, tyrannical 虐 (The tiger 虍 has claws 爪 to be oppressive)
With the words you are oppressive, when: bantering.
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讠
虍
爪
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遽
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JLPT no HSK |
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fast, hurry, suddenly
jù Left: movement 辶, right: wild boar 豦 (Like a tiger 虍/ 虎 is this pig 豕)
The movements of the wild boar are fast.
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辶
虍
豕
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