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Lesson2: The component characters(C)                                  [A][B][C]

5.A person in a mouth means a prisoner, the outside square in this case indicates a limbo.

(kou)(ren)(qiu)

          Mouth    +  Person   =  Prisoner

6.A person leans again a tree means having a rest.  After long hours working hard in the field under the Sun, the shadow of the tree is the best place to take a rest for ancient Chinese.

(ri)(mu)(qiu)

    Person    +   Tree   =  Rest   

7. The Sun + the Moon means 'bright, because both the sun and the moon give out light. 

  (ri)(yue)(ming)

         Sun   +   Moon   =   Bright 

8.The idea of 'sit' was expressed that two people sit on the ground having their romantic moment. 

(ren)(tu)(ren)(zuo)

         Person   +   Earth  +    Person   =   Sit 

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