Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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武 wǔ martial
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(Martial arts practice:) He has to stop a special dagger (it's actually a stake made of an unicorn horn), to show his mastery of martial arts. Teddy: Last time I wounded my paw! |
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Wu is composed of 止 chih to stop, as radical, and 戈 ko spear, weapons; stoppage of hostilities being the ultimate object of war. This etymology is dated back in the Tso Chuan to B.C. 595. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
武
wǔ
martial/military/surname Wu
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