出版 (chū bǎn) means 'to publish' — the act of

出现 (chū xiàn) is a verb meaning 'to appear' or

出去 (chū qù) is a separable verb meaning 'to go

‘出来’ (chū lái) is a separable verb meaning

协作 (xié zuò) literally combines 协 (xié), mea

出生 (chū shēng) literally means 'to come out an

'Shēng qì' literally combines 'shēng' (to be bo

Shēnghuó is a compound word meaning 'life' as a

‘起来’ (qǐ lái) is a verb complement that prim

‘回来’ (huí lái) is a separable verb meaning

'下来' (xià lái) is a directional complement mea

‘上来’ (shàng lái) is a directional verb compo

'Shàngwǎng' literally combines 'shàng' (to go u

'Shànglóu' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

'Shàngchē' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

'Shàngbān' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

'Shàngxué' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

'和面' (huó miàn) is a compound verb meaning 'to

‘和好’ (hé hǎo) is a verb meaning 'to reconcil

‘有机会’ literally combines three characters: 有

'Yǒu kòng' literally combines 'yǒu' (to have) a

‘明白了’ (míng bai le) is a common verbal phras

‘来了’ is a common verb phrase indicating that s

'Zǒu le' literally combines the verb 'zǒu' (to g

‘不用’ (bù yòng) literally combines ‘not’ (

'不要' (bù yào) is a two-character verb phrase m

不能 (bù néng) is a two-character verb meaning '

Its oracle bone roots show a person deliberately l

This 'capture' character hides a baby in its right

Its left side is metal (钅), its right side means

This 'vinegar' character is literally 'old wine'

Born from an oracle-bone image of a foot backing a

Its ancient bronze-script form shows a foot vaulti

Born from ancient ritual consultation, 询 looks li

Though only 6 strokes, 设 hides ancient bureaucrac

This 4-stroke character hides 3,000 years of contr

This character began as a pictograph of a person l