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thousand 千
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千
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| thousand
qiān
千
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Combination of person 人 and one 一. See 一 as "many persons aligned"
Many people aligned add up to a thousand.
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插
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to insert, stick in, pierce, interfere, interpose
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Left: hand 扌, right: 臿 (pestle 千 in mortar 臼 [=it is pressed from both sides E,彐 ])
By hand put the pestle into the mortar: by inserting.
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乖
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| obedient (of a child), well-behaved, clever, lovable
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Inside: thousand 千, outside: North 北 (Two persons 丬,匕 sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.)
If 1000 persons are sitting back-to-back, they are obedient children.
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纤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| boatman's tow-rope, fine, delicate, minute
qiàn, xiān
糸
千
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 1000 千
Threads, namely 1000, build a tow-rope.
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迁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to change (a location), move, promote
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Left: movement 辶, right: one thousand 千
(Habits can hardly be discarded) Only by thousand-fold movements you can change.
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忏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| feel remorse, regret, repent
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Left: feelings 忄, right: thousand 千
This feeling is thousand-fold: the remorse!
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歼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to destroy, to annihilate
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 (= bare bone), right: thousand 千
When there are bare bones in thousands, it is: a destruction.
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