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muyongshi -
No, no. A mother daughter relationship is very different!!!! This is referring to the relationship
with the man. So maybe 好 could be interpreted as the respectful 子 (like in 孔子，孟子)
and so it's actually just saying one woman and one man is good, a triangle is just hell!
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monto -
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so it's actually just saying one woman and one man is good, a triangle is just hell!
好！It is modern interpretation.
And what for 美？
gougou -
Split this discussion from this thread, as it originally was meant to be about characters that
underwent simplification.
studentyoung -
Quote:
And what for 美？
The original meaning of the character 美 is something that tastes delicious. The character 美
consists of 羊(sheep or goat) and 大 (big), which means big/strong sheep or goats taste
delicious. Hehe.
Quote:
◎ 美 měi
〈形〉
(1)
(会意。金文字形,从羊,从大,古人以羊为主要副食品,肥壮的羊吃起来味很美�
�本义:味美)
(2) 同本义 [delicious]
美,甘也。——《说文》
http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE7ZdicBEZdic8E.htm (美•详细解释)
Cheers!
monto -
Quote:
The character 美 consists of 羊(sheep or goat) and 大 (big), which means big/strong sheep or
goats taste delicious. Hehe.
I agree with the "delicious" and "羊(sheep or goat)" , but not quite with the 大 (big).
Any way, the character has the feather a Chinese character is sopposed to have.
It is the most significant feather of Chinese characters, as I understand, that many of them just
enable you to "see" the meaning before actually reading them. That is what I like and why I like.
This is still of the topic of "liking a charater".
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