"The Beauty of Language" (Dōng) Gao (gǎo) Yao (yǎo)

East (Dōng)

The traditional characters of "dong" are "East". Some scholars explain that "the top of the tree is not high," which means that the word "East" by "Wood" (that is, the tree) plus "Day" composed of the word. In the middle of the tree is a red sun, which hung on the branches, namely the middle of the tree, and thus the morning sunshine. The direction of the sun rising, of course, is the east, so "East" means "Orient".

Gao (gǎo)

"The text of the word," the Department of Wood: "Gao, Ming also. From the day, on the wood. "Paragraph Jade Cut note:" Day on the wood, stay also. That is to say, the original meaning of "Gao" is that the sun has risen to the treetops, dispersing the darkness and bringing light to the Earth. Therefore, the original meaning of "Gao" is the meaning of "sunrise bright". such as "poetry" Wei Gao: "It rains its rain, the GAO out of the day." "It means: it's raining just now!" It's raining! But now, the Radiant sun came out of the clouds. This "Gao" to derive "bright" meaning.

Yao (yǎo)

"The text of the word," the Department of Wood: "Yao, the underworld also. From the day under the wood. "Duan Yu cut Note:" Mo (Twilight) for the day and Ming, Yao is all the afterlife. The underground is done by Mo (Twilight), and also under the hibiscus. "Know" "Yao" for the word, it means the sunset fell to the tree down, the night has come, the earth is dark. So the original meaning of "Yao" is "gloom". such as the song of Chu Jiang, "Deep Lin Yao to the mysterious, help DI's habitat." "It means that the dense forest is far from dark and it is where the apes live." From "Yao" "Dark", "darkness" out of what can not be seen, such as "heard."

"The Beauty of Language" (Dōng) Gao (gǎo) Yao (yǎo)