"政府不許納妾" (from WXC), can you explain the structure of the word 納
文章來源: 走馬讀人2010-10-16 06:14:24

Well, it's not latent, but no one ever point it out.


Read the word "last", you may find out that these two words are connected in meaning, the


concubine also means last in its two forms.


Last 1: The concubine is the last woman he has, means?


last 2: He has enough provisions to last his concubine a whole life, his purpose is also to


have her to last his lineage.


But there is another explanation for it in different direction, this tells us the character


of sphere of words.