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跳 |
to jump, to hop, to skip over, to bounce, to palpitate
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: sign 兆 (here: traces) (Cracks in a turtle shell, in ancient China used for divination.) The foot makes some traces when: jumping and hopping. |
挑 |
to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to nitpick
Left: hand 扌, right: sign, omen 兆 (turtle shell used for divination, but here: ropes || with loads) By hand and loaded ropes you carry on a shoulder pole. |
逃 |
to escape, to run away, to flee
Left: movement 辶, right: omen, sign 兆 (Cracks in a turtle shell were used for divination in ancient China.) Movements are an omen of: escaping. |
桃 |
peach
Left: tree 木, right: sign, omen, trillion 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell [used for divination]) The tree with a stone like a turtle shell is: the peach. |
兆 |
omen, to foretell, trillion (10^12), tera-
Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (was used in ancient China for divination) The cracked turtle shell shows a trillion signs. |
姚 |
handsome, good-looking
Left: woman 女, right: sign, omen 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell, used for divination.) A woman has the "signs" of good looking. |
眺 |
gaze afar, observe from distant
Left: eye 目, right: sign, omen 兆 (cracks in two turtle shells, in ancient China used for divination) The eye symbolizes the: gazing. |
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