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Page 238
... meaning of which ( " fruit " ) is irrelevant ; the combined " water - ko " symbol suggests the word k'o meaning " river . " Seventy - five per- cent of all Chinese characters are of this type . The other types of characters are hsiang ...
... meaning of which ( " fruit " ) is irrelevant ; the combined " water - ko " symbol suggests the word k'o meaning " river . " Seventy - five per- cent of all Chinese characters are of this type . The other types of characters are hsiang ...
Page 602
... meaning " inquisitive person . " Lying along the Newell and Oxley highways , with regular air and rail services to Sydney ( 210 miles [ 340 km ] southeast ) , Coonabarabran serves an area of wheat and sheep farming , lumbering ( cypress ...
... meaning " inquisitive person . " Lying along the Newell and Oxley highways , with regular air and rail services to Sydney ( 210 miles [ 340 km ] southeast ) , Coonabarabran serves an area of wheat and sheep farming , lumbering ( cypress ...
Page 681
... meaning . A couplet may be formal ( or closed ) , in which case each of the two lines is end - stopped , or it may be run - on , with the meaning of the first line continuing to the sec- ond ( this is called enjambment ) . Couplets are ...
... meaning . A couplet may be formal ( or closed ) , in which case each of the two lines is end - stopped , or it may be run - on , with the meaning of the first line continuing to the sec- ond ( this is called enjambment ) . Couplets are ...
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