TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
存在
ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄞˋ · cúnzài
verb — to exist; noun — existence; being
字源 FORM — what the parts do
存to exist; to preserve; to survive (存在的存)cún子 (child) at bottom; 才 cái gives the sound (drifted to cún) — a child that survives; extended to: to exist, to remain
在to be at; to be present (在乎的在)zài土 (earth) at bottom; 才 cái gives the sound (same drift to zài) — to stand on the ground; to be present
存在，存活的存，在場的在。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
孩子（子）活下來了（存）；雙腳踏在土地（在，土＋才）上——存在就是活著，且在場。
A child (子) survives (存, 子+才); feet stand on the earth (在, 土+才) — to exist is to survive and to be present.
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關 · Related
生shēngcúnsurvival — in its biological-survival sense主義cúnzài zhǔyìexistentialism — in its philosophical register