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The Chinese character 浼 "xi奴" consists of two parts, left and right - one means "person" and the other means "wood." Can you guess the meaning of the combination?
Maybe I'd better give you an important hint. The right part, 鏈 "m霉" also has the meaning of "tree" in Chinese. But don't think of Pinocchio. Now, here's the Chinese ancestors' logic: The character浼 "xi奴," describing "a person leaning on a tree," indicates "rest." For example,
浼戞伅 xi奴 xi
v. rest
濂藉ソ浼戞伅涓涓嬶紒
H菐oh菐o xi奴xi y铆xi脿!
Take a good rest!
n. break
姣忚妭璇句腑闂存湁鍗佸垎閽熶紤鎭
M臎i ji茅 k猫 zh艒ngji膩n y菕u sh铆 f膿nzh艒ng xi奴xi.
There are ten minutes' breaks between the lessons.
浼戝亣 xi奴 ji脿
v. have a holiday, go on a vacation
鑰佹澘浠婂ぉ浼戝亣銆
L菐ob菐n j墨nti膩n xi奴ji脿.
The boss is off today.
閫浼 tu矛 xi奴
v. retire
涓浗鐢蜂汉60宀侀浼戙
Zhnggu贸 n谩nr茅n 60 su矛 tu矛xi奴.
Chinese men retire at 60.
Besides "rest," 浼 "xi奴" also means "cease, give up, stop" in the words like
浼戜細 xi奴 hu矛
v. adjourn
浼戝 xi奴 xu茅
v. leave of absence (from school)
浼戞垬 xi奴 zh脿n
v./ n. truce, cease-fire
Last but not least, 浼 "xi奴" is the transcription of the English name "Hugh" - in case you want to chat about 浼戞牸鍏扮壒 "Xi奴 G茅l谩nt猫" (Hugh Grant) or 浼戞澃鍏嬫浖 "Xi奴 Ji茅k猫m脿n" (Hugh Jackman) in Mandarin.
The Chinese character 浼 "xi奴" consists of two parts, left and right - one means "person" and the other means "wood." Can you guess the meaning of the combination?
Maybe I'd better give you an important hint. The right part, 鏈 "m霉" also has the meaning of "tree" in Chinese. But don't think of Pinocchio. Now, here's the Chinese ancestors' logic: The character浼 "xi奴," describing "a person leaning on a tree," indicates "rest." For example,
浼戞伅 xi奴 xi
v. rest
濂藉ソ浼戞伅涓涓嬶紒
H菐oh菐o xi奴xi y铆xi脿!
Take a good rest!
n. break
姣忚妭璇句腑闂存湁鍗佸垎閽熶紤鎭
M臎i ji茅 k猫 zh艒ngji膩n y菕u sh铆 f膿nzh艒ng xi奴xi.
There are ten minutes' breaks between the lessons.
浼戝亣 xi奴 ji脿
v. have a holiday, go on a vacation
鑰佹澘浠婂ぉ浼戝亣銆
L菐ob菐n j墨nti膩n xi奴ji脿.
The boss is off today.
閫浼 tu矛 xi奴
v. retire
涓浗鐢蜂汉60宀侀浼戙
Zhnggu贸 n谩nr茅n 60 su矛 tu矛xi奴.
Chinese men retire at 60.
Besides "rest," 浼 "xi奴" also means "cease, give up, stop" in the words like
浼戜細 xi奴 hu矛
v. adjourn
浼戝 xi奴 xu茅
v. leave of absence (from school)
浼戞垬 xi奴 zh脿n
v./ n. truce, cease-fire
Last but not least, 浼 "xi奴" is the transcription of the English name "Hugh" - in case you want to chat about 浼戞牸鍏扮壒 "Xi奴 G茅l谩nt猫" (Hugh Grant) or 浼戞澃鍏嬫浖 "Xi奴 Ji茅k猫m脿n" (Hugh Jackman) in Mandarin.
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