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从 |
follow, obey, (passing) through, from ... to
Two persons 人
Two persons in a relationship where one follows and obeys. (Or: The one person follows the other.) |
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醉 |
to be drunk, intoxicated
Left: alcohol 酉, right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.)
The alcohol lets you 从 be as if between two rotary disks, when you are drunk. |
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耸 |
shrug the shoulders, raise up, to excite, lofty
Top: to obey 从 2x person (with much imagination: 2 shoulders 人), bottom: ear 耳
The shoulders are high above the ears when shrugging. |
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丛 |
cluster, thicket, collection (of books)
Top: follow, obey 从 (two persons), bottom: 一 (Here: a row)
When the two persons develop into a row/line, it becomes a cluster. |
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纵 |
vertical, longitudinal, north-south, lengthwise
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: follow, obey 从 (here: warp threads = the vertical threads on the loom)
The threads as warp threads are vertical. |
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诬 |
to accuse falsely, false evidence, trap
Left: word 讠/言, right: witch 巫 (She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从: This witch! - cf. squeeze 夹)
The words of a witch are false accusations. OR: Words that squeeze-in 夹 are: false accusations. |
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巫 |
witch, wizard, shaman
Outside: two persons 从, inside: work 工
It seems, that she is doing the work of two persons: The witch. |
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怂 |
terrified
Top: to obey 从 (Two persons 人 in a relation, whereat one is following and obeying), bottom: heart 心
(Siamese twins) Two persons with only one heart are: terrifying. |
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