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How did the word "fresh" come from? Why is it composed of "fish" and "sheep"
The fresh characters belong to the sheep family. In the family of sheep characters, sheep characters are both phonetic symbols and semantic symbols. Chinese characters in sheep family are all related to the meaning of "meekness". The original meaning of freshness is "the taste of sashimi".

Spelling: xiān and xi m: n? ?

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1. Fresh

Turtle fresh fish. -"Poetry, Elegance and Hanyi"

The grass is delicious. -Tao Jin Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Garden"

Fish, wax and fresh animals are as good as ever. -"Ceremony"

The roots are bright and shiny. -Song Shen Guo's "Meng Qian Bi Tan"

Another example: it is not uncommon; The number is not new; Fresh food (fresh food); Fresh animals (newly killed animals)

2. [Bright colors; Brightly colored]

Such as: fresh makeup (bright and beautiful dress); Fresh clothes (gorgeous clothes)

3. Different; Clear and clean.

Clothes are often fresher than mine. -"Han Guang Chuan Wang Huiyue Biography"

Another example is bright colors (fresh and beautiful colors); Fresh (fresh)

4. Delicious

Those fat and fresh ones. -Liu Ming Ji's Orangeman's Speech

There is no fresh fat taste. -Song Ming Lian's Preface to Dongyang

Another example: fresh and refreshing (delicious and refreshing); Crispy (delicious and crisp); Delicious (delicious and fragrant)

5. Unique.

What she does is very new and different from others.

6. Early death

Everything buried fresh belongs to Simon. -"Zuo Gong Five Years"

7. see also Xi m: n

Fresh [xi m: n]

"Move"

1. Missing; deficient

No uncle, no brother. -Shi Biao "Chen Qingbiao"

2. See also xi ā n

Fresh? xiān? From fish to sheep. "Fish" means that the original meaning of "fresh" is related to "fish"; "Sheep" means "docile", which means that the chefs of ancient aristocratic families, under the leadership of the head chef, do their jobs as well as each sheep in a flock of sheep concentrate on grazing, and the whole chef team is as docile as a flock of sheep. The combination of "fish" and "sheep" means "the chef team prepares the fish feast skillfully and smoothly".

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