Zhang Ji (张继) is a poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. This is the most famous a poem of him. This poem described the poet anchored in the Maple Bridge outside Suzhou City at one night of autumn. The autumn night beautiful scenery attracted the sleepless poet. He wrote down this little poem which [...]

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The Chinese characters 心 meaning is heart.
The original pictograph was a representation of the physical heart. Its membranous sac was ripped open, exposing it and a delineation of the aorta appended below. A stylization provided the basis for the modern form: 心. Recognition of this vital organ’s role as seat of motivation for both good [...]

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The Chinese characters 计 meaning is calculate, plan or scheme.
Sayings 言 in tens 十 implies the ability to calculate 計 — to know how to enumerate the ten numbers of the decimal system. By extension, 计 means to reckon, to plan, to scheme. Below we show a pair of scheming, calculating characters, counting their chickens.

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The Chinese characters 古 meaning is old, ancient.
This Chinese character 古 is applicable to that which has passed through ten 十 mouths 口 — a tradition dating back ten generations. It includes anything very old, ancient, of antiquity — whether valuable, invaluable or valueless. The picture illustrates the process of passing through ten mouths something [...]

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The Chinese characters 十 meaning is ten.
十 is a symbol of completeness. It represents extent in two dimensions(一 and 丨) and is formed by joining the five cardinal points: east, west, north, south and center. Therefore, the sign is an appropriate symbol for the numeral 10 — a complete number containing all the other simple [...]

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The Chinese characters 说 meaning is speak, theory or story.
说 is a Chinese character that speaks for itself; it means to speak, i.e., to exchange 兑 words 言. It is an ideogram. It can also mean theory, opinion or story as, for example: 小说 means “small story” or a novel.

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The Chinese characters 兑 meaning is exchange, barter.
The Chinese character 兑 originally meant to speak, bless or rejoice. It was derived from older brother’s 兄 dissipation of effluent breath into words of encouragement: 兑 involving the exchange of words. With money talking louder than words in man’s affluent society, there arose the need to exchange [...]

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The Chinese characters 八 meaning is eight.
In the etymological sense, 八 means to divide or separate. It is made up of two separate strokes, forming a symmetrical symbol. Probably because the number 8 can be easily divided and subdivided, 八 (to divide) came to stand for 8, the much divisible number.

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The Chinese characters 兄 meaning is elder, brother.
The concept of “older brother” is suggested by the ideogram 兄 which combines person 人 with mouth 口. Ideally, 兄 represents a person 人 characterized by a large mouth 口, i.e. one who speaks with authority to exhort or correct a younger brother. The picture shows what could [...]

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The Chinese characters 娶 meaning is marry.
Chinese characters 取 means to select or obtain, i.e. figuratively taking hold of a person by the ear in the hand. To select a woman 女 therefore means to marry: 娶. Today, however, it is never wise for a man to select a wife in this way, for a [...]

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