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Why 好 covers "all better" and "okay, got it"

The picture Gears meshing smoothly, nothing catching anywhere along the turn. 好 is meshing with nothing catching; 坏 is cracked and no longer meshing.

Describing words

Where the picture shows up in 好

  1. a plan meshes

    这个办法很好,我们就这么做。

    zhè ge bàn fǎ hěn hǎo, wǒ men jiù zhè me zuò.

    That's a good way to do it — let's go with that.

    One item on the whiteboard circled while heads around the table nod

  2. a body meshes again

    医生,我的感冒好了吗?

    yī shēng, wǒ de gǎn mào hǎo le ma?

    Doctor, has my cold cleared up?

    A red throat settling down, the coughing stopped, breath moving evenly

  3. meshing with what was said

    好,我马上过去。

    hǎo, wǒ mǎ shàng guò qù.

    Okay, I'll be right over.

    A single nod into the phone, then standing up straight away

  4. easy to carry out

    你们店很好找,门口有大树。

    nǐ men diàn hěn hǎo zhǎo, mén kǒu yǒu dà shù.

    Our shop is easy to find — there's a big tree out front.

    One big tree visible from far off, leading the eye straight to the door

  5. two people mesh

    我跟同事的关系很好。

    wǒ gēn tóng shì de guān xi hěn hǎo.

    I get on well with my colleagues.

    The same lunch table at noon, everyone laughing easily

All of it in one picture

好 is one set of gears meshing cleanly. Mesh a plan and it's a good plan; mesh a body again and the cold has cleared; mesh with what someone just said and it's "okay"; mesh a route and the shop is easy to find; mesh two people and they get on well.

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