• 冫(water; cold)
• 欠(open-mouthed; lacking)

An open mouth breathing out cold air suggests the sequential order and gradual progression of one thing after another.

• 里(village; mile)
• 千(thousand; many)

Heavy as carrying a thousand miles of road on your shoulders.

• 旦(dawn; daybreak)
• 里(village; mile (unit of measurement))

Measure each mile of the road right from dawn's first light.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)
• 及(reach; catch up with)

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.

• 冫(water; cold)
• 欠(open-mouthed; lacking)

An open mouth breathing out cold air suggests the sequential order and gradual progression of one thing after another.

• 里(village; mile)
• 千(thousand; many)

Heavy as carrying a thousand miles of road on your shoulders.

• 旦(dawn; daybreak)
• 里(village; mile (unit of measurement))

Measure each mile of the road right from dawn's first light.

• 糹(silk thread; strand of silk)
• 及(reach; catch up with)

Ranks stack like threads connecting one after another, each step reaching a higher level.