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Learn Chinese: Chinese charaters – Lesson 170 七 Seven

2014-05-13 07:43:17

(China Daily)

 

七(qī)

Seven

中国文化里很多概念都和“七”有关。人的两只眼、两只耳朵、嘴和鼻子是“七窍”。佛教认为,人有喜、怒、忧、思、悲、恐、惊七种感情,叫做“七情”。

(zhōng guó wén huà lǐ hěn duō gài niàn dōu hé“qī” yǒu guān. rén de liǎng zhī yǎn, liǎng zhī ěr duo, zuǐ hé bí zǐ shì “qī qiào”. fó jiào rèn wéi, rén yǒu xǐ, nù, yōu, sī, bēi, kǒng, jīng qī zhǒng gǎn qíng, jiào zuò“qī qíng”.)

In Chinese culture, there are many concepts relate to the number seven as well. People have seven orifices: two eyes, two ears, a mouth and two nostrils. According to Buddhism, there are seven emotions: happiness, anger, melancholy, yearning, sorrow, fear, and surprise.

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