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This character often appears in the word li shi, known as history. When used as a verb, it means “to experience or go through.” When used as a noun,…
- Treat
This Chinese character refers to treating or curing a disease. Sometimes it also means to rule or govern.
标本兼治
biāo běn jiān zhì
This p…
- Save
This character usually means “to save or rescue.” Its left part originally indicated a fur coat while the right meant “to take action.” Tog…
- Epidemic
This Chinese character refers collectively to epidemic disease, usually acute and infectious. It can also refer to plague and pestilence.
芳香辟疫
f…
- Prevent
When used as a noun, this character usually refers to defense or a dam. When used as a verb, it means “to prevent” or “to alert.”
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- Rat/Mouse
The above is the Chinese character for rat or mouse. It is a tradition in China that one animal is used to symbolize the year, and the rat comes first in the 12-ye…
- Flower
This character usually refers to flowers. It can be used to describe floral items. The lanterns displayed on the night of the Lantern Festival are usually called hua …
- year
This character usually refers to a year. The Spring Festival is also called “nian,” which is believed to originate from a Chinese myth. Nian was the na…
- Hill
This character usually refers to a hill or a mountain. The earliest form of this character appeared in the scripts of the Shang Dynasty as a pictogram, in the shape o…