清心寡慾

(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic

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Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) / surname Qing

= + : In front of the engine, the Queen of Hearts suspiciously and closely inspects a fountain of youth. With a bottle, she scoops water again and again and inspects how clear the water is when she pours it back into the fountain.
clear / distinct / quiet / just and honest / pure / to settle or clear up / to clean up or purge

= + : In front of the engine, the Queen of Hearts suspiciously and closely inspects a fountain of youth. With a bottle, she scoops water again and again and inspects how clear the water is when she pours it back into the fountain.
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.
few / scant / widowed

= + + + : After graduation, Gitta Giraffe (gu) chose to go into solidarity (寡) in the ashram's living room (a3). Day in, day out she has to stack wind wheels (丆) into shelves (且) in order for them to be shipped out. Next to her is a stopwatch (分) counting down the time she has to finish each rack, and her graduation cap (宀) carelessly thrown into a corner.
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

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