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follow, obey 从
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从
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| follow, obey, (passing) through, from ... to
cōng, cóng, zòng
从
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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
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to be drunk, intoxicated
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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
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| shrug the shoulders, raise up, to excite, lofty
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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
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cluster, thicket, collection (of books)
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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
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| vertical, longitudinal, north-south, lengthwise
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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
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to accuse falsely, false evidence, trap
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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
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JLPT no HSK |
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| witch, wizard, shaman
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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
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JLPT no HSK |
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| terrified
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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, that is: terrifying.
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