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to greet, welcome, to meet, to face
yíng Left: movement 辶, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The movement of an odd person bowing down deeply is a: Greeting.
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to chat, to depend upon (literary), temporarily, just, slightly
liáo Left: ear 耳, right: year of the rabbit 卯 [Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers] or egg 卵 (but here: a rabbit 卯 with dots as ears)
Whether the ear of a rabbit corresponds to an egg, is what we chatted about temporarily.
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to lift, raise one's head, soaring, expensive
áng Top: sun 日, bottom: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
Looking at the sun, the bowed person has: raised. (Or: In sunshine 日 the one-legged 卬 rabbit 卯 will raise the head.)
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to admire, to face upward, to look up, to rely on
yǎng Left: person 人, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The person is odd but bows down deeply, because he: admires.
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press down, restrain, restrict, suppress, or
yì Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.
| 扌 卬 卵 卯 卩 |
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high ranking official (old), honorific (old)
qīng Outside: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good 艮 (良 would be good; at "not good" 艮 the accent is missing)
'Rabbit' is not good as an official honorific term.
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willow (tree)
liǔ Left: tree 木, right: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers) or variation of egg 卵 (= pictograph of fish roe)
The tree with the 'eggs' (= pussy willow catkin) is a willow.
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breeding, to incubate, to hatch
fū Left: egg 卵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting) [cf. milk, breast 乳]
The egg needs to be entrusted to sb. for: breeding.
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egg, ovum, spawn
luǎn Similar to: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers)
Pictograph of eggs of fish or frog, which are aligned in a row.
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4th earthly branch: Rabbit, mortise (slot for wooden tenon)
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Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers.
| 卯 卵 卩 |
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