The background of this Chinese poetry: Cao Cao is the emperor of Wei State in three Kingdoms period of China’s history. He has two sons, the elder son is called Cao Pi; the young son is called Cao Zhi. Cao Pi became the emperor of Wei State after Cao Cao died. He was afraid the [...]

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The Chinese characters 口 meaning is mouth or opening.
The Chinese character for mouth was originally a pictogram of an open mouth broadening into a smile and eventually stiffening and contracting to a square: 口. 口 also means an opening. Wise old sayings always caution one about those with a big mouth.

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The Chinese characters 看 meaning is watch or see.
In this ideogram man raised his hand 手 above his eye 目 to cut off the sun’s rays, in order to see clearly. From this experience he also saw clearly the point of the Chinese proverb: “You cannot cut off the sunlight with one hand.”

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The Chinese characters 见 meaning is see.
For the verb “to see” the eye 目 was set atop man 人. As the eye grew, man shrank to produce the regular form 見 now simplified Chinese character 见.

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The Chinese characters 目 meaning is eye.
In its primitive form the eye was pictured naturally with eyelids and pupil. We can see the development course of this Chinese character from the picture. It would seem that even with his very own eyes man could not see eye to eye.

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The Chinese characters 他 meaning is he or she.
The Chinese character 他 is drawn from 人 (person) and 也 (also). By extension it means “that person also” and refers to the other person: he or she.

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The Chinese characters 也 meaning is also or in addition to.
Originally the Chinese character 也 was a representation of an ancient drinking horn, shaped like a funnel. In addition to his rightful belongings, man also appropriated this drinking vessel. To this day it has remained in his possession - a pictograph specially borrowed for the [...]

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The Chinese characters 你 meaning is you.
The classical Chinese character for “you”, by adding 人 (person) to 尔, man introduced the human element and came up with 你 — a person who carries the same weight: you.

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The Chinese characters 我 meaning is I or me.
The earnest forms show two spears against each other in direct confrontation, presumably symbolizing two rights being asserted and, by extension, my right, that is, me. A later transcription projected a new Image: 我, a pictograph of a hand: 手 grasping a spear 戈; , denoting that [...]

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The Chinese characters 戈 meaning is spear or lance.
戈 is a pictographic representation of an weapon of ancient China - a lance equipped with hook and crossbar. Although this and other ancient Chinese weapons are now obsolete, man has not even begun to beat his swords into ploughshares or his spears into pruning hooks.

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