The Chinese characters 哭 meaning is cry; wail; weep.
This Chinese character uses two mouths (口) to express intense action of the mouth, resembling the wailing of dogs (犬); so dog with two mouths means “wail”: 哭. Two mouths may effectively express crying and howling, but certainly, “two buckets of tears,” according to the proverb, “will [...]

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The Chinese characters 狱 meaning is prison; jail.
This ideograph places speech (讠) between two different forms of dogs (犭 and 犬). It represents a lawsuit: 狱, with the two suitors barking at each other like dogs. 狱 also means prison - for the loser. And, for the winner: “Win your lawsuit, and lose your money.”

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The Chinese characters 吠 meaning is bark.
Mouth (口) plus dog (犬) equals bark: 吠. This Chinese character, therefore, shows what makes a dog bark. The ancient proverb, however, explains what makes a hundred dogs bark: “One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the sound.”

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The Chinese characters 狗 meaning is dog.
This character for dog: 狗 fittingly combines the dog radical: 犭 (or 犬) with the phonetic: 句. 句, meaning a sentence of words, suggests barking - a distinguishing characteristic of the dog. Counseling against the thoughtless ill-treatment of the underdog, the proverb warns: “In beating a dog, first find [...]

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The Chinese characters 醉 meaning is drunk.
This ideograph combines the container for liquor: 酉 with the phonetic: 卒 , representing a soldier. As soldiers do not last long, 卒 also means: “to come to an end.” So, to drink liquor (酉) and reach the limit (卒), is to become drunk: 醉. But, suggests the proverb, [...]

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The Chinese characters 酒 meaning is liquor; wine; spirit.
酉 is a pictograph of an amphora used for distilling. The radical for liquid (氵) added to it indicates the jar is filled with liquor: 酒 - wine as exhilarating and stimulating as knowledge. But liquor is intoxicating, so the proverb cautions: “Wine should be taken [...]

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The Chinese characters 知 meaning is know.
The radical: 矢 (arrow) represents swiftness. Combined with 口 (mouth), it means knowledge, possessed by one who can give his word or opinion with the precision and speed of an arrow. Knowledge is having a mouth that is as sharp and far-reaching as an arrow. Unfortunately, according to the [...]

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The Chinese characters 矢 meaning is arrow.
The arrow radical, in its original form, bears a striking resemblance to an arrow with full tip and feathers. It was later modified and finally stylized: 矢. Emphasizing the difficulty of combating insidious, enemies, the saying goes: “It is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but difficult [...]

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The Chinese characters 剃 meaning is shave.
剃 combines 弟 (younger brother) with 刂 (knife or razor). 弟, the phonetic, depicts a thread round a spindle and means, by extension, a succession of brothers or younger brothers. The growing hair is suggested by the thread being unwound from the spindle, and the addition of the razor [...]

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The Chinese characters 费 meaning is expenses; squander.
The phonetic: 弗 representing two rods bent in opposite directions being bound together, means “not”. 贝 is a picture of a cowrie shell, once used as money. 弗 placed over 贝 therefore signifies under-valuing money, by inference, to waste or squander: 费.

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