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The word Náyún (拏雲) appeared in the Tang Dynasty, which was mostly used to describe people’s lofty aspiration, and then produced the verb-object phrases with structure of “Verb (grasp) + Noun (cloud/fog rain/snow)” such as Náyúnwòwù (拏雲擭霧) and so on. In the process of use, ná yún wò wù have been replaced by same word class morphemes or near-synonymy morphemes, and produced phrases like Náyúntǔwù (拏雲吐霧) as well as Náyúnténgxiāo (拏雲騰霄) that describe high ability or magnificent momentum; these phrases are often used as predicates or objects in sentences. Sháobǔ (杓卜) originally refers to use the Big Dipper for divination, while the latter Sháo (杓) refers to wooden dippers and wine-taking dippers which are similar in shape to the Big Dipper. Because the soothsayers can’t be trusting, Zen-Buddhist takes Sháo (杓) to show that they can’t trust words to soothsayers, but should comprehend Zen by personally feeling and understanding. Driven by the evolution of Chinese disyllabic words and influenced by the flexibility and diversity of Zen language, the verb-object structure phrase Yāliángwéijiàn (壓良爲賤) has changed from a verb-object structure phrase to a verb Yāliáng (壓良) that means pushing someone.
