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to stay, linger 夋
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俊
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| smart, eminent, handsome, talented
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Left: person 人, right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, cross-legged 夂)
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be smart.
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峻
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| (of mountains) high, harsh or severe
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Left: mountain 山, right: dawdle = go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A mountain, that has a nose, legs and an 'upturned foot' must be high and harsh.
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唆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to instigate, incite, to stir up
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Left: mouth 口, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?
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梭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to move back and forth, shuttle (textiles)
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Left: tree 木, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
The wood, with a nose at the front, legs at the end and upturns is a shuttle (at the loom).
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骏
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JLPT no HSK |
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| spirited horse
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Left: horse 马/馬 (= with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A horse with this nose, legs and upturned feet must be spirited.
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竣
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JLPT no HSK |
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| complete, finish
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Left: to stand 立, right: to dawdle =go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
(At the end of a race) You can stand (still) or dawdle when you have: completed or finished (the race).
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浚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to deepen (e.g. a ditch), excavate, extract
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Left: water 氵, right: to dawdle = go slowly or to stay 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
When water shall stay there, we need to excavate.
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