哭得死去活来

• 口口(two mouths calling together; dual voices)ASSOCIATIVE
• 犬(dog)ASSOCIATIVE

Two mouths crying out together sound like dogs howling at the sky.

• 彳(step; walk)RADICAL
• 旦(dawn; morning)ASSOCIATIVE
• 寸(inch; hand grasp)ASSOCIATIVE

Walking out at dawn and reaching out your hand to grasp what you want — that is obtaining it.

• 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
• 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE

Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.

• 土(earth; soil; land)ASSOCIATIVE
• 厶(private; personal)PHONETIC

Leaving your own plot of land is what the character Khứ means (go, depart).

• 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
• 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Living water flowing through a blade creates constant vitality and flexibility.

• 木(tree; plant; stick)ASSOCIATIVE
• 从(follow; accompany)ASSOCIATIVE

Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.