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不 |
(negative prefix), not, no
Four strokes are not enough. |
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杯 |
cup, glass, (classifier for glasses)
Left: tree 木, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A tree is not yet a cup/glass. |
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还 |
still in progress, even more, also
Left: movement 辶, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
(Laziness at work) Not moving? - I am still in progress! |
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环 |
ring, loop, (chain), bracelet
Left: king 王, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring. |
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坏 |
bad, to break down, spoiled
Left: earth/ground 土, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
If sth. is on the ground, where it should not be, it is: bad and/or broken. |
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怀 |
bosom, breast, to think of, to conceive (a child)
Left: feeling 忄, right: negation 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
Feelings are not only in the bosom. |
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否 |
to negate, to deny, not, evil
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), below: mouth 口
A "not" out of a mouth is: a negation. |
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歪 |
at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)
If sth. is not correct, it is crooked. |
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甭 |
need not, not necessary
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), bottom: use, need 用 (A fence is needed.)
"Not needed" means: Not necessary! |
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丕 |
grand, great, glorious
Top and bottom: two 二, middle: small 小 (cf. negation 不)
Between two boundaries something small can be: great. |
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呸 |
to spit (in contempt), pah!, bah!, pooh!
Left: mouth 口, right: great 丕 (Here: not 不 and floor __)
Out of the mouth it should not 不 come on the ground __, when: spitting out. |
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