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夸 |
to boast, to exaggerate, to praise
Top: big 大, below: deficiency 亏 (Having only one 一 winding seaweed 丂 means a deficiency)
Despite big deficiencies you can boast and exaggerate. |
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跨 |
to step across, to stride over, to straddle, to span
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: boast 夸 (Despite his big 大 deficiency 亏 he is boasting.)
By foot the big deficiency can be stepped over. |
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挎 |
to carry (over the arm, shoulder or side)
Left: hand 扌, right: boast 夸 (despite the big 大 deficiency 亏 he is boasting), here: 丂 as a shoulder
Like by hand but the big 大 (load) is at the one 一 shoulder 丂, when carrying. |
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垮 |
to collapse, to break or wear down, to defeat
Left: earth 土, right: boast 夸 (despite the big 大 deficiency 亏 he is boasting)
Down to the earth falls the one who boasted, when collapsing. |
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