Integrated Chinese New Words 1st and 2nd years Flashcards by lena eng (2024)

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纽约

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Niǔyuē New York

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法国

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Fàguó France
法 Fǎ means law (using 3rd tone–but change to 4th tone when it comes to the country France)

Law-country

Phil (F-) was in the bathroom (4th tone) of Aldi (-a) planning his law (PROP) school trip to France (meaning)

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德国

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Déguó Germany
De-moral, virtue, heart, kindness, favor
David (D-) is in Culver’s foyer (-e) trying to figure out what to order. He thinks of how Noah (PROP) was a pre-curser of Jesus (PROP) by building the ark with a razor (PROP), which acted like a DISH (PROP) to hold and save people who had the heart (PROP) of loving God. David also exemplified virtue/kindness (meaning of De) which led him to think about how Germany (meaning) who once had the greated threat of hate and genocide with Hitler has now become a champion of kindness (meaning). To commemorate Germany (Germany), he remembers that Germany is the original creator of the Culver’s hamburger!

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韩国

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Hánguó South Korea
S. KOREA (meaning) because of belief in JESUS (PROP) in the foyer (2nd tone) of Elmbrook (-ang) in the MORNING (PROP)
brings RICH, ABUNDANT (PROP) COUNTRY

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加拿大

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Jiānádà Canada

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墨西哥

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Mòxīgē Mexico
墨 mò means ink
黑 hēi means black
土(PROP) pot of soil
Mexico is a country in the WEST (Xi 西) and has very fertile, black soil and are our dark skinned brothers!

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印度

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Yìndù India

印 Yìn means stamp, impress

度 dù means spend, extent, degree, tolerance

Yindu rhymes with Hindu!

Joanna Yi (Yi-) is in Karen’s (-n) backyard (4th tone) where there are Pig Snouts (PROP) common in India (meaning) for producing leather - it was STAMPED (PROP) “pig from India”.
Doogie Houser (Du-) came to the backyard (4th tone) to where there was a factory (PROP) set up to process the pig skin into leather. He gave her a twenty dollar bill (PROP) and he got a leather folding table (PROP) that was made from India’s bred Pig Snout skin (PROP).

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越南

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Yuènán Vietnam
Yue- exceed, climb,surpass
Nan-south

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加州

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Jiāzhōu California

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夏威夷

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Xiàwēiyí Hawaii

夏Xià=summer
威 wēi=prestige, power, might
夷 yí =barbarian (n), safe, smooth (adj), raze (v)

Summer (meaning of 夏Xià ) Way! Yeeee for YES!
夏Xià Way? Yeeeee!

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律师

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Lǜshī lawyer

Lu- Restrain, keep under control
Luigi is in the backyard trying to restrain, keep under control the animals in Noah’s ark after thrashing around the wild sea that cut off branches of the THINGS and got all mixed around.

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商人

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Shāngrén merchant
Business - person

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军人

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Jūnrén soldier
军 Jūn means military, troops, armed forces, army

Jesus (Ju-) is at the front door of Karen’s (-n) where a car (PROP) that had an interesting roof (PROP) showing he wanted people to become “Soldier” (meaning) for Christ.

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教授

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Jiàoshòu professor

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经理

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Jīnglǐ manager

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工程师

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Gōngchéngshī engineer

工Gōng means work, labor, worker, trade, craft, skill, profession
程chéng means procedure, journey, sequence, regulations, formula, order, rule
师 shī means division, teacher, master, expert, example, model

cheng - Chiou Chiou Ryan (Ch-) in foyer (2nd tone) at Elmbrook (-ang) - he had to follow the rigorous procedure/rules to bring wheat (PROP) to the mouth (PROP) of the King (PROP) so he could eat it.

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农民

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Nóngmín farmer

NONG - Nathan (N-) is at Lifetime fitness (-ong) in the lobby (2nd tone). He is in his workout CLOTHES that includes a rooftop like (PROP) hat for shade to get strong now that he is a FARMER (meaning).

Min - civil, people, nationality
RMB 人民币 people’s cuurency

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护士

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Hùshì nurse

护 Hù means protect (using the hand prop to hold the ax-prop)

士 Shì means scholar, warrior, night, paladin

We should respect our nurses like warriors because they are the front line healthcare workers that really protect us!

The Hulk (Hu-) is in our backyard (4th tone) after getting majorly wounded - thankfully the nurse (meaning) that tended to him protected him from dying!

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会计师

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Kuàijìshī accountants
Ji- count

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电脑

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Diànnǎo computers

Sitting in the living room (3rd tone) of Josiah’s townhome (-ao), Nathan (N-) was waiting a whole month for electricity, but he needs it “nao” (NOW) to use my computer.

Electricity- brain

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情人节

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Qíngrén jié Valentines day
Qingren - Lovers holiday
Qing - Affection
Ren- person

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感恩节

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Gǎn’ēn jié Thanksgiving Day

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母亲节

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Mǔqīn jié Mother’s Day

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父亲节

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Fùqīn jié Father’s Day

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跳舞

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Tiàowǔ danced

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Huà to draw
hulk (h-) in Aldi’s (-a) bathroom (4th tone) drawing (meaning) a headshot self-portrait with his brain (prop) inside a line (prop) and a box (prop).

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下棋

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Xià qí to play chess

Qi - chess

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在网上聊天

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Zài wǎngshàng liáotiān go online to chat

To liaotian chat well you need to use your Ear and visualize a samurai sword pushing squished box and wax seal o all the words to your brain to process.

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逛街

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Guàngjiē window shopping
Guang- visit, stroll
Jie- street
Garfield the cat (Gu-) is at Elmbrook church (-ang) in the rear playground area (4th tone) where he is strolling/visiting (meaning) and sees King Jesus (PROP) with a PIG (PROP) and sent the demons into the PIG on a flying carpet (PROP) into the sea.

Jocelyn (Ji-) was at the entrance (1st tone) of Culvers (-e) and up in the air she saw the pig fly by on the magic carpet, but then she also saw a vision in the air of Noah (PROP) looking for soil/land (PROPx2) and when he saw soil/land, he use a razor (PROP) to ring the bell (PROP)!

It remindered her of Window Shopping (meaning) through time when she was at the Creation Museum in Kentucky!

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漂亮的

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Piàoliang de pretty
Piao - drift, float, elegant, polished, rinsed
Liang- bright, light

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瓶可乐

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Píng kělè bottle of cola
瓶 Píng means Bottle or Vase

丷(PROP)
开kāi means open(PROP)
瓦 wǎ means tile(PROP)

Focus on the 开kāi means open(PROP)and remember Ling Pying (Pi-) in Ngen Ngen’s (-ng) kitchen (2nd tone) opening up a BOTTLE (meaning)

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可口可乐

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Kěkǒukělè Coca-Cola

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百事可乐

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Bǎishìkělè Pepsi Cola

百事 means Pepsi (100 things)

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雪碧

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Xuěbì Sprite

雪 Xuě means Snow
碧 bì means Emerald

Barbara (Bi-) is in our backyard (4th tone) playing Snow (meaning) White (meaning of one of the props) and is serving a King (PROP) in a Emerald (meaning of 碧 bì) stone cup (PROP) a Sprite (meaning of the phrase) soft drink

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汽水

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Qìshuǐ soft drink

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矿泉水

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Kuàngquán shuǐ mineral water

矿泉 Kuàngquán means mineral springs
矿 Kuàng means to mine, ore, pit, bed (see stone)
泉 quán means spring or fountain (top looks like white foam above the water at bottom)
水 shuǐ means water

Kung fu panda (Ku-) at Elmbrook’s (-ang) backyard playground (4th tone) are but to raise money they turned it into a Stone (PROP) factory (PROP) where they were mining ore (meaning)

Qutar Amir (Qu-) is at Andrew’s (-an) kitchen (2nd tone) where he is admiring the water (PROP) fountain (meaning) and noticed that the white (PROP) foam at the top was bubbling over.

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学校年级

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Xuéxiào niánjí school grade

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考试

kǎoshì take a test
Kao - Keith is in Josiah’s townhome living room taking a test. Also means study, examine, verify, investigate, check

Shi- try in our backyard (4th tone)

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来练习

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Lái liànxí to practice

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俄语

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Èyǔ Russian

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西班牙语

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Xībānyá yǔ Spanish
Spain teeth language
West-class

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意大利语

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Yìdàlì yǔ Italian language

Yì-meaning
dà-big
lì-profit (wheat is profitable!)

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葡萄牙语

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Pútáoyá yǔ Portuguese
(Grape tooth language)
葡萄 - looks like two twigs of bunches of grapes

the tao rhymes with bao and there is the bao radical in both pu and tao.

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希腊语

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Xīlà yǔ Greek
Greece language
Sheila Yu is from Greece! And she makes her own
Greek (meaning) Yogurt which is super popular.The real Greek Yogurt takes a month (PROP) to prepare by letting the whey drain through the strainer. Then the whey that is extracted is an excellent source of protein and can be added to a preserved meat (meaning) like Greek sausage!

Xi=hope
la=wax, preserved meat

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复习课文

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Fùxí kèwén to review lesson
Fu - Complex/repeat
forest gump (fu-) is in our backyard (4th tone) lying on the grass forever like Rip Van Wrinkle (prop) in the sun (prop) practicing (xi) his language lessons with the mormons (prop) who learned the language on their 2 year service requirement because there are so many new words!

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拉丁语

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Lādīng yǔ latin language
La-pull
Ding- fourth

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预习课程

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Yùxí kèchéng to preview a course

预 Yù means advance or prepare
习 xí means study
课 kè means lesson
程 chéng means procedure, sequence, journey, formula, order (same cheng in Engineer - gongchengshi)

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功课

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Gōngkè homework
Gong- achievement, merit, result, service

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课文

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Kèwén text of lesson
Wen= character, language, writing, script

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录音

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Lùyīn sound recording

录Lu means recording, copy, tape recording, hire, employ
彐(PROP)pig snout
氺(PROP)

音 yīn means sound

Luigi (Lu-) is in our backyard (4th tone) making a sound (meaning) recording (meaning) of pig snout (PROP) snorting as the snowflake (PROP) is falling.

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铅笔

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Qiānbǐ pencil
Qiān- lead, lettertype
bǐ - pen, pencil, stroke, write, compose

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圆珠笔

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Yuánzhūbǐ ballpoint pen

圆 Yuán means member, person
珠 zhū means beads, red-lacquered
笔Bǐ means pen, pencil, stroke, write, touch, compose

ZhuZhu Pets (Zhu-) are at our front porch (1st tone) writing love notes with ballpoint pens (meaning)

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字典

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Zìdiǎn dictionary

字 Zì means character, words
典 Diǎn means dictionary, allusion, ceremony, literary quotes, Criterion By Which Something Is Judged

井 jǐng means a well(PROP)well
凵(PROP)box, beer koozie
八(PROP)8 ball, lucky 8

Cousin Dinese (Di-) is at Andrew’s (-an) living room where Andrew is packing his box (PROP) that goes as deep as a well (PROP). In it he puts all of the dictionary (meaning) words he knows! She tells him that Andrew doesn’t need lucky 8 (PROP) because he is so smart and can succeed without luck!

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洗澡

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Xǐzǎo to take a bath
Xi-wash, shuffle, bathe, baptize, sack
Zao- bath, bathing, tub, tubbing, swim

Looks like Three mouths by the tree getting sprayed taking a shower!

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会议室

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Huìyì shì meeting room

Hui- meeting, get together, assemble, union, association, society, capital
Yi- conference, discuss, hash out, criticize, argue, negotiate
Shi- room

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电脑

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Diànnǎo computer

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餐厅

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cāntīng cafeteria
Meal/food/eat- hall/office

餐 cān means meal, food, eat
厅 tīng means hall, office

PROPS:
食 shí means foodstuffs and PROP is dinner napkin
卜bǔ means divination(PROP)magic wand
夕xī means evening (PROP)is fireworks
又 yòu means once again (PROP) is folding end table you can use again and again

Cao Guo (C-) is at Andrew’s (-an) front door (1st tone) and brought with him the true cafeteria (meaning) experience from college – cheap end table (PROP) to hold the food/dinner napkinds (PROP) and waived his magic wand (PROP) to create fireworks (PROP)!

餐馆 Cānguǎn means Restaurant

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宿舍

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Sùshè dormatory

Superman (Su-) was in our backyard (4th tone) dormatory shed- with a roof (PROP) over the person (PROP) until he turned 100 (PROP). His TONGUE (prop) was hanging out while he was sleeping in the shed.

宿 Sù means accommodation, night, constellation, lodge for the night, former, biennial

舍 shè means abandon, house, shed, give up, residence, hut

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这封信

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Zhè fēng xìn this letter

封 fēng means to seal up, envelope

Phil (F-) the youtuber is at Ngen Ngen’s (-eng) on the porch (1st tone) sealing up (meaning) the envelope (PROP for xìn) and putting it in her mailbox.

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专业

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Zhuānyè specialty, college major

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希望

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Xīwàng to hope for

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祝好

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Zhù hǎo to wish well

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历史

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Lìshǐ history

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化学

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Huàxué chemistry

化 Huà means transform
学 study/learn

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数学

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Shùxué mathmatics

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物理

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Wùlǐ physics

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工商管理专业学生

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Gōngshāng guǎnlǐ zhuānyè xuéshēng business management student

工商 Gōngshāng means industry and commerce

管理 guǎnlǐ means manage, management, supervise, administrate

专业 zhuānyè means major, speciality, discipline, vocational, field of study

学生 xuéshēng means student, learner, scholar, novice

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售货员

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Shòuhuòyuán shop assistant

售货 Shòuhuò means sales
售 Shòu means sell, carryout
货 huò means merchandise, goods, money, commodities
员 yuán means member, person

Sean Connery (Sh-) is at the Urgent Care (-ou) in the bathroom (4th tone) practicing his sales pitch using his mouth (PROP) as he tries to sell short-tailed birds (PROP) because it has some medicinal purposes.

货 the 化 character also means “spend” and the 贝 also means “valuables”. By putting this together it means merchandise, goods, money, commodities “spend valuables”. The pronounciation though is NOT Huà so to remember 货 huò think of the legs on fire 火 Huǒ but in the bathroom (4th tone where Sean Connery is)

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衬衫

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Chènshān shirt

衬 Chèn means lining, liner, line, serve as foil, set off, place underneath

衫 shān means upper garmet, chinese gown

衤(PROP)for clothing
寸 cùn means inch(PROP) T-square ruler
彡(PROP)for WuDang Taoist Priest Wig, Dredlocks

Chiou Chiou Ryan (Ch-) is at Auntie Karen’s (-en) in the backyard (4th tone) measuring (PROP) the clothes (PROP) he was going to wear for the traditional Japanese Dance.

The upper gamet/Japanese gown (meaning) was used by Sean Connery (Sh-) and Ryan picked it up when he stopped by Andrew (-an) front door (1st tone).

The upper garmet (meaning) looked better on Ryan when he wore the WuDang Taoist Priest Wig that looked like Asian Dredlocks (PROP). Now he was totally ready for the event!

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颜色

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Yánsè color
Yan left side - elegant
Yan right side - page
Se- color, look, appearance, tint, expression, kind, quality

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Huáng yellow

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裤子

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Kùzi pants
Kung Fu Panda (Ku-) at home in backyard (4th tone) wearing pants and Driving a Car (PROP) inside the Factory (PROP) to pick up all the pants that were finished.
Clothing radical left side (meaning)

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Máo (measure word for 1/10 of kai, dime)
Matt Damon in Josiah’s townhome foyer measuring the currency

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Shuāng (Measure word for a pair)

Shrek (Shu-) is at the entrance (1st tone) of Elmbrook (-ang) holding a pair folding table ends (PROPS)

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Xié shoes

Xiao Li (Xi-) is in the Culvers (-e) Lobby (2nd tone)
In the Middle (meaning of 中 prop)of her Shoes (meaning) there are a $20 bills (PROP) wedged by the shoelace, she uses a pool stick (PROP) to pick them up puts them in two pots of soil (PROP) hoping to grow more money so she can eat at Culvers more often.

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交换

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Jiāohuàn to exchange

交换场地 Jiāohuàn Chǎngdì means exchange courts,goals (switch sides)
交换数据 Jiāohuàn Shùjù means exchange data
交换意见 Jiāohuàn Yìjiàn means exchange views/opinions; compare notes

交 Jiāo means front door pay, cross, deliver, intersect, meet, make friends, have sex, deal, bargain, fall, relationship, reciprocal, together

换 huàn means change, swap, trade, barter
o change, exchange, barter, trade in
免 Miǎn means waived, exempt, excuse, absolve, remove prop is a dentist chair since people like to avoid going to the dentist

Hulk (Hu-) is in Andrew’s (-an) back porch (4th tone) where he is trying to hide from the dentist chair (PROP) but to coax the Hulk out Andrew takes his giant hand (PROP) and says if you come out I will change, exchange, barter, trade (meaning) in for a promising way to be able to control your emotions! This will make all of your relationships (meaning of 交 Jiāo) so much better!

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76

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刷卡

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Shuākǎ credit card
Shrek was at the front door of Aldi. He had an Ax, towel, and veggie peeler and had just paid with his credit card.

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77

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Shuā brush; swipe

All three can be used to Swipe meaning - an axe can swipe, a towel can be used to swipe, and the veggie peeler can swipe the veggie skin !

But tell Schrek (Shu-) only to Swipe (meaning) this Outside the front (1st tone) of Aldi (-a) after you pay for them - the Ax (PROP), the towel (PROP), and the veggie peeler (PROP).

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78

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信用卡

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Xìnyòngkǎ credit cards

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79

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蓝色的

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Lán sè de blue

Leonardo DiCaprio was in Andrew’s foyer where he held a
Blue rose, then he used a vegetable peeler to cut it in pieces and put it on Rip Van Wrinkle, who’s blood was turned blue too!

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80

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绿色的

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Lǜsè de green

Lex Luther was in our backyard, wearing green SILK, a green PIG SNOUT watching the GREEN snowflake coming down from the sky

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81

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紫色的

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Zǐsè de purple

Zi rhymes with Ci (this)
THIS SILK THREAD is purple color!

82

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粉色的

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Fěnsè de pink

The RICE is PINK color! Sounds like Fen like the Shield character!

83

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橙色

A

Chéngsè orange color
橙 Chéng means orange

Chiou Chiou Ryan (Ch-) is at Ngen Ngen’s (-eng) kitchen (2nd tone), where there are a lot of ORANGE (meaning) things happening (play on STRANGE) — the green tree (PROP) turned orange (meaning), the folding table (PROP) has an orange (meaning) on it although it is missing a leg, the “abundance/rich” (slanted word “feng”) message had part of its character cut off/missing lines, and last but not least - Junior Asparagus (PROP) turned ORANGE (PROP)!

84

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灰色的

A

Huīsè de gray

Hulk is at the front of our eighties home, and instead of green he turned GRAY after the GUN fired FIRE at him!

85

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上衣

A

Shàngyī top garmet

86

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毛衫

A

máo shān woolen sweater

87

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裙子

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Qúnzi skirt

Qutar Amir (Qu-) is at Auntie Karen’s (-n) foyer (2nd tone), he wanted to make things RIGHT (PROP) and brought in his RIGHT hand a piece of CLOTHING (PROP radical) in a BOX (PROP) which had a SKIRT (meaning) in it!

88

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夹克

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Jiákè jacket

夹 jiā means to sandwich between (夫 fū means husband - prop could be Joseph, Mary’s husband)
克 kè means to restrain (十(PROP)兄(PROP)elder brother)

Jocelyn (Jia) was looking for a Jia-ke for her future husband (PROP) similar to Keith’s jacket (Ke)!

Jia - Jocelyn (Ji-) is in an Aldi’s (-a) aisle (2nd tone) , where there is a special JACKET (meaning) with a FOLDER (meaning of “jia” as noun) CLIPPED (meaning of “Jia” as verb) and tucked in it that she just bought for herself. There was a picture of a vase (PROP) with a person (PROP) next to it on the folder.

Ke- Keith (K-) is at Culvers (-e) in the bathroom (4th tone). He was trying to OVERCOME, DIGEST, RESTRAIN, Subdue (meaning of “Ke” as verb) the GRAM (meaning of “Ke” as a noun) of food so it would come out properly. He called for help from Christ (PROP) and his Xiong brother (PROP) to get the FOLDER from Jocelyn’s JACKET with instructions to bring to him.

89

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外套

A

Wàitào outer jacket

Tao - Tyler in GeGe’s backyard townhome. Big Red Dog is on top of the reversed Pig snout using his Elbow to keep it pressed down in order for Tyler to recover his JACKET and SUIT that was stolen by the pig.

Tao - set, sleeve, cover jacket, case, sheath, suite, suit, loop, harness, knot, riverbend, formula, trace, harness, tie, copy, encase, overlap, model, slip over, hitch up, pump, coaxed out of

90

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西装

A

Xīzhuāng western suit

西 Xī means west
装 zhuāng means pack, dress, clothing, costume, adornment, doll

Zhu Zhu pets (Zhu-) are at the entrance (1st tone) of Elmbrook (-ang). They are decked out in Western Suits! (meaning) Dressed in SOLDIER (PROP) CLOTHES (PROP) made of GIRAFFE (PROP) skin leather because they want to look respected!

91

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T恤

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T xù T-shirt

President Xi is in our backyard wearing a T Shirt that feels EMOTIONAL because there was a DROP of BLOOD on it.

92

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帽子

A

Màozi hat

Looks like 2 different hats/headcoverings – one hat is like a towel over the head (巾Jīn) , and the 2nd one looks like a person wearing a head covering.

Matt Damon (M-) is in Josiah’s townhome (-ao) backyard (4th tone) . He is wearing an interesting HAT (meaning) made from a towel (PROP) that had a picture of an EYE (PROP) on it. He decided to put the hat in the BOX (PROP) and a note to the TRAPP TWINS (PROP) so they could investigate the strange EYE on it.

93

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袜子

A

Wàzi socks

Clothes radical on left
Win (W-) is in the bathroom of Aldi (-a), but he is stuck still trying to put on his SOCKS (meaning) made from the cotton on a COTTON TREE (PROP) that was razored off with a razor (PROP).

94

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地铁

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Dìtiě subway
地 Dì means The Ground
铁 tiě means Iron
钅(PROP)gold necklace
失 shī means to lose or miss something(PROP)free throw line

Tia (Ti-) is in the Culvers (-e) dining area (3rd tone). She had taken the SUBWAY (meaning) and was thankful her husband had met her at the entrance wearing his Gold necklace (PROP) before a crazy guy could spit a drop on her.

95

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出租汽车

A

Chūzū qìchē taxi

96

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租出

A

Zū chū rent out

97

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电子邮件

A

Diànzǐ yóujiàn email

电子Diànzǐ means electronic
邮件 yóujiàn means mail
邮 yóu means mail, postal, post, post office
件 jiàn means item, clothes, measure word for piece

98

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高速公路

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Gāosù gōnglù highway
gao- high-tall
su- speed, SUperman is seen flying in my backyard at a Su-per high SPEED chasing a BOUQUET OF ROSES (character SHU means bundle) on a MAGIC CARPET
gonglu - highway

99

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紧张的

A

Jǐnzhāng de nervous, anxious
Jocelyn (Ji) is in Auntie Karen’s (-n) living room (3rd tone), where she is nervous (meaning) about the RELATIONSHIP (PROP) (Xi) because Auntie Karen yelled at her to keep up the 2 sticks (PROP) by the folding table (PROP) from falling off. But then Jocelyn thinks about when she met actor Zhang Han (Zh-) who reminded her to imagine being at the entrance (1st tone) of Elmbrook church (-ang) to deal with her nervousness.

100

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坐在船上

A

Zuò zài chuánshàng sit on boat
Chuan - Chubacca (Ch) is in Andrew’s (-an) foyer (2nd tone) sharing about his BOAT (PROP) trip on Mendota Lake before he was SUMMONED (PROP) to return to Andrew’s place.

101

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摩托车

A

Mótuō chē motorcycle

木 Mù sounds like “Mo” in the character 摩
托 tuo mean to trust

Mù-tuō-che
similar to
Mo-tuo-che
sounds like
Motor-vehicle

Mo- Matt Daemon (M-) is in our Chicago (-o) home in the foyer (2nd tone) where he brought his motorcycle (meaning) that was made in the factory (PROP) out of 2 trees (PROPS) by a giant Hand (PROP). Matt brought the motorcycle into the foyer where it was MOUNTED (meaning of Mo) by him because he did not TRUST (meaning of TUO) keeping it outside due to the rampant crime.

102

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滑冰

A

Huábīng to ice skate
滑 slip/slide
氵PROP
骨 gǔ means bone also a(PROP)femur (thigh bone)

Hua - Hulk (Hu-) is at Aldi (-a) in the produce aisle (2nd tone) when WATER (PROP) came splashing out He also tried not to SLIP/SLIDE (meaning of hua) on the floor which was wet with water - otherwise he could break his bone (PROP). Suddenly the water became frozen like ICE (PROP) so Hulk took out his ice skates (meaning) and started to skate (meaning) down the aisle.

Bing - ice – Barbara (Bi-) on the porch (1st tone) of Ngen Ngen’s (-ng) house helped take down the ICE (meaning) that was forming from the roof.

103

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预报

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Yùbào forecast
预 Yù means beforehand or ahead of time (same Yu as in preview study Yuxi
报 bào means to report

预习 Yùxí means preview (like preview a lesson)

Yu- Yahweh (Yu-) was in our backyard (4th tone) where he twisted his ELBOW to tap the BELL in support of the Constitution being created. Then Yahweh FORECASTED in a REPORT that the US would have many challenges in the future to keep its republic.

104

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温暖的

A

Wēnnuǎn de warm
温 Wēn means temperature
暖的 nuǎn de means warmth

Wen- Wolverine (W-) is at Auntie KarEN’s (-en) front door (1st tone) the WATER SPRINKLED (PROP) onto a DISH (PROP) but dried off quickly from the SUN (PROP) because it was so WARM (meaning). With the temperature (meaning of Wen) WARM, he felt the WARMTH (meaning of nuance) of LOVE (PROP) that DAY (PROP), and Auntie Karen invited him into the living room (3rd tone) for a nice chat.

105

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糟糕的

A

Zāogāo de terrible
糟 Zāo means rotten and messy

米 mǐ for rice(PROP)a bowl of rice
曹 cáo means the surname Cáo although in the past meant”plaintiff and defendant” or “generation,” the PROP is A Floor Scale

糕 gāo means cake (same gāo as 蛋糕)

Zao - Zac Efron (Z-) is at the front door (1st tone) Josiah’s townhome (-ao) and brought him a RICE (PROP)-Cake (meaning of 糕 ). He noticed that there was RICE (PROP) scattered on the FLOOR! After sweeping up the rice they weighted it on the Floor Scale (PROP) and realized it was a 10 lbs bag of rice that caused the Zāogāo 糟糕的 mess!

106

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春天

A

Chūntiān spring

107

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秋天

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Qiūtiān autumn

108

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舒服的

A

Shūfú de comfortable

舒 Shū means Stretch & Leisurely Relax
人(PROP)top is person
舌(PROP)tongue
予 yǔ means to bestow (PROP) an offering bowl

服的 fú means To Convince (verb) or clothes (noun)

Shu - Shrek (Shu-) was at the front door (1st tone) and brought an offering bowl (PROP) to give in exchange for some comfortable (meaning) clothes (meaning of fu). His tongue (PROP) was hurting after talking so much to people and needed to rest.

He saw the chair on the porch and convinced (another meaning of fu) himself to just make himself more COMFORTABLE.

109

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饭馆

A

Fànguǎn restaurant

110

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盘子

A

Pánzi plate
Pierce Brosnan (P-) is in Andrew’s foyer (2nd tone) after his fancy BOAT (PROP) ride in Madison. The Boat was in the shape of a dinner plate (meaning). It made him hungry! He was coming to eat a fancy DISH (PROP) that was beautifully arranged on the PLATE (meaning).

111

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饺子

A

Jiǎozi dumpling
Jocelyn (Ji) is in Josiah’s townhouse (-ao) living room (3rd tone) eating a delicious DUMPLING.

112

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A

Sù vegetarian
Superman (Su) was in my backyard (4th tone) sitting on the bales of hay (PROP). He was thinking about his relationship (meaning/prop of Xi) with food and surprisingly decided to become a vegetarian (meaning).

113

Q

豆腐

A

Dòufu tofu
Fu - Forest Gump (Fu) was in a factory (PROP) working because he had to PAY (meaning of the character “fu”) for the meat (PROP) he ate but then realized it wasn’t meat, it was ToFu which gave him protein like meat would give him but seamed healthier!

114

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A

Wǎn bowl
Win Chiou (W-) was in Andrew’s (-an) living room where he was eating from a STONE (PROP) bowl (meaning) of rice while expressing thanks for Jesus the Cornerstone (PROP) coming into his life. As he enjoyed watching the fireworks (PROP) in the night, he acknowledged that God blessed him with a roof (PROP) over his head and a big BAG (PROP) that could hold all the money he needed to live the rest of his life. Life is like a BOWL (meaning) of Cherries!

115

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辣的

A

là de spicy
Leonardo DiCaprio (L-) is in the Aldi (-a) bathroom (4th tone) after eating something spicy (meaning). He had been holding a VASE (PROP) and a man with a gun (PROP) came to him and told him to eat the BUNDLE of BOUQUET of ROSES (PROP) which surprisingly was super spicy. After Leonardo did, his stomach started to hurt so he ran to the bathroom - meanwhile the man stole his vase.

116

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味精

A

Wèijīng MSG
taste - refined = MSG

117

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A

Yán salt
Joanna Yi (Y-) was at Andrew’s (-an) in the foyer (2nd tone) where she had taken some fresh veggies from the soil (PROP) in her garden, waived her magic wand (PROP) and instantly the cooked veggies appeared on the DISH (PROP)! Now just need to sprinke a little SALT (meaning) on the plate (meaning)!

118

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小白菜

A

Xiǎo báicài baby bok choy

119

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Kě thirsty
Keith (K-) is at Culvers (-e) in the dining area (3rd tone) and was glad he could get some water (PROP) to quench his THIRST (meaning).
left radical - water
right character is “he” which rhymes with “ke” (2nd tone) meaning why, how, when, where, and what -

120

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师傅

A

Shīfù master
Fu (4th tone) character “to pay” also another “fu” (3rd tone) character that looks like “Zai/again” but means “just” or “just now”
Both Fu’s together are called “Fu” (4th tone) meaning (n) teacher, tutor, instructor, (v) lay on, instruct
when add “Shi” (division, teacher, master, expert, example, model) in front of it, it becomes “Master”

121

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A

Táng sugar
米mǐ means rice 米(PROP)is bowl of rice
唐 táng means Tang Dynasty
广guǎng means vast(PROP)bus stop awning
古gǔ means ancient (PROP) ancient communion
匚(PROP)open a box

SWEET RICE, SWEET COMMUNION

Tyler (T-) is in the Elmbrook (-ang) foyer (2nd tone) where he is having communion (Prop). He had to take the elements made at the bus stop awning (prop) out of an open box (prop) but they ran out of bread so they used rice instead (prop)! The juice that represented wine was tasty sweet (meaning) though!

122

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A

Cù vinegar
酉 (prop) Bottle of Baijiu
昔 (prop) Dead Sea Scrolls/Ancient Scrolls means past/former
Clark Kent (Cu-) was in our backyard (4th tone) where he found a bottle of Baijiu (PROP) - it was as old as the dead sea scrolls (PROP) and smelled like vinegar (meaning) but he was so thirsty he drank it anyway.

123

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甜的

A

Tián de sweet
舌 tongue
甘(PROP)Cup of Rocky Road Ice Cream. Something sweet of your choice
Tia (Ti-) is at Andrew’s (-an) kitchen (2nd tone) licking with her tongue (prop) some Rocky Road Ice cream (prop) and it is super sweet (meaning)!

124

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A

Jí extremely
及 jí prop An Escalator/Glass Elevator means to reach
Jocelyn reaching ( 及 jí ) for the top of the Tree (PROP) is extremely (meaning) challenging! She needed an escalator (prop) to get to the top!

125

Q

红烧

A

Hóngshāo to braise in soy sauce
尧 (PROP) burnt toast

126

Q

黄瓜

A

Huángguā cucumber
黄 yellow (but it looks green!)
瓜 melon

127

Q

清除

A

Qīngchú to be clear
清 Qīng means clear
除 chú means to remove

128

Q

中国城

A

Zhōngguó chéng Chinatown

129

Q

A

Guǎi abduct
扌Giant finger
另 lìng means another
Garfield the Cat (Gu-) is at our scripps aisle (-ai) living room (3rd tone) where a giant finger (PROP) abducts (meaning) another (另 lìng means another) toy from him!

130

Q

红绿灯

A

Hónglǜdēng traffic light
红 red
绿 green
灯 light

131

Q

谷歌

A

Gǔgē google
谷 gǔ means valley and is the beginning sound “Goo” of “Google”
谷 (PROP) tractor
Google (meaning) knows you better than your brother (PROP) and follows you wherever you go - in the house or in the valley (PROP meaning) or even in the farm fields on a tractor (PROP). Hard to get away from Google’s presence and influence!

132

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东京

A

Dōngjīng Tokyo
东 Dōng means east
京 jīng means Capital

133

Q

舞会

A

Wǔhuì dance party
舞 Wǔ means dance
会huì means meeting/gathering

134

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礼物

A

Lǐwù gift
礼 lǐ means ceremony
礻prop stadium scoreboard
乚 prop fishing hook
Xiao Li (Li) was in our living room (3rd tone) where she is watching on TV the stadium scoreboard (PROP) - suddenly her name appears on the scoreboard wishing her a Happy birthday from her husband and showing her the gift (meaning) of a new fishing rod and hook (PROP)!

135

Q

饮料

A

Yǐnliào beverage
饮 yǐn means Beverage and has the “food” radical
料 liào means Material
斗 dòu means To Struggle & Contend
斗 Prop is Jiu Jitsu Gi -or- MMA Gloves

when you are fighting in MMA and Jiu Jitsu, you are going to be thirsty and need a drink!

Yinliao sounds like I want “Gin-now” (alchohol)

136

Q

A

Lí pear

Linda (Li) is in our kitchen (2nd ) after taking a pear (meaning) off the tree (PROP) and using a peeler (PROP) to cut them in small pieces to mix with the wheat (PROP) and make a Pear Bread!

137

Q

钟头

A

Zhōngtóu hour

138

Q

聪明的

A

Cōngmíng de means Smart
聪 cōng means Sharp-Witted
明 míng means Bright
总 zǒng means always (adv.), total, overall, general (adj), chief, head (n.), assemble, gather (v.)
总 PROP is a meeting

139

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A

Gōng merit achievement meritorious service exploit accomplish

140

Q

A

Shǔ summer heat, hot weather, heat

The SUN (prop) is DOING ((PROP) its thing by bringing SUMMER HEAT (meaning). Shrek (shu-) is sweating so he escapes to inside our house to the living room (3rd tone)

日 prop is sun
者 zhě means the DO-er(PROP)is the Biblical Joshua

141

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属于

A

Shǔyú to belong to

Does the SHOE (belong to) YOU?

鞋子属于你吗?

属 shǔ means To Belong To
there is an insect inside my SHOE!

于 yú means In or At

尸(PROP)ax was used to build the ark
禹 (PROP) The Ark - INSIDE the ark was box that held an insect with a razor over it to make sure it didn’t escape

142

Q

A

Liǎn face
Xiao Li (Li-) Sitting in Andrew’s (-an) living room (3rd tone) watching the Tin Man of Wizzard of Oz.

The right side looks like a stick figure face like Tin Man! He was looking for the wizard for the whole MONTH (left prop)

月 yuè means moon or month
佥 Prop The Beatles/Tin Man stick figure face

143

Q

A

Yuán round

144

Q

鼻子

A

Bízi nose

Barbara (Bi-) is in our foyer (2nd tone) looking in the mirror at herself / her nose (meaning)

自 zì means Oneself
畀 Bì means Give, confer

145

Q

A

Zuǐ mouth
Use THIS (PROP) MOUTH (PROP) to play a HORN (PROP)

Zeus (Zu-) is in our eighties home (-ei) living room (3rd tone) giving a music concert playing the horn with his mouth.

嘴 zuǐ means mouth

口(PROP)Mouth Orifice
此(PROP)Laser pointer “This”
角 jiǎo means horn

146

Q

蛋糕

A

Dàngāo cake

蛋 Dàn means egg
糕 gāo means cake

Gao looks like a RICE-cake with 2 crooked candles, 3 layers, and sprinkles at the bottom.

蛋 same Dàn as in Bèndàn 笨蛋 fool, idiot for stupid egg
糕 same gao as Zāogāo 糟糕 (Terrible! Oops!) for bad/spoiled/wasted cake

147

Q

夜里

A

Yèlǐ at night

夜里

夜 Prop for Yè is night vision googles

The giant HAT covers /brings darkness to both “adam protecting eve” as well as the SLOTH who is still sleeping at NIGHT.

148

Q

厕所

A

Cèsuǒ bathroom, toilet

厕 Cè means toilet
所 suǒ means place

厂Chǎng means factory
贝Bèi means shellfish
刂(PROP)peeler knife

Cao Gao (C-) was at Culvers (-e) in the bathroom (4th tone) because the shellfish was so stinky that Cao had use the bathroom as a factory (PROP) to peel (PROP) the shrimp (PROP) and discard the shells (PROP) into the toilet (meaning) so he could flush the toilet and it wouldn’t stink up the restaurant.

149

Q

冰箱

A

Bīngxiāng refrigerator

冰 Bīng means ice
箱 xiāng means box, container, chest, crate, trunk, package, holder, envelope

Xiao Li (Xi-) is at Elmbrook (-ang) entrance (1st tone) together with her better half 相(PROP) as they are guarding the refrigerator container (meaning) together with their bamboo weapons (PROP). It’s a super hot day and everyone wants ice (PROP) to cool them down but they have to ration.

150

Q

发烧

A

Fāshāo to have a fever, temperature

发 Fā means hair, send, issue, transmit, emit, release, send out, fire, forward, firing, ship, shooting, relay, vent, outgiving, twinge, delegate, fit, advance, convey

烧 shāo means burn or roast, cook, bake, grill, burn down, stew

Sean Connery (Sh-) is at Josiah’s townhome (-ao) at his front door (1st tone) with his forehead on fire (PROP) and showing Josiah that his forehead temperature (meaning) was so hot that it emitted (meaning for fa) so much heat that it burned his toast (PROP)!

151

Q

躺下

A

Tǎng xià to lie down

躺 Tǎng means to lie, lie down, recline
下 xià means down, under, lower, below

身 shēn means somebody(PROP)is Simu Liu’s healthy body
尚 shàng means as of yet (PROP)is Buddhist monk/”in-between” earth and heaven vision - picture is like he is inside of a box but looking up at the 3 streams of light!

Tyler (T-) is at Elmbrook Church (-ang) in the worship center (3rd tone). Because of his cancer, his body (PROP) is very sick but God gives him an “in-between” vision of heaven (PROP) while he is lying down on one of the pew benches (meaning).

152

Q

检查

A

Jiǎnchá to examine

Cha for Checkup

Jocelyn (Ji-) it’s time (alarm clock PROP ) for the tin man (PROP) by the tree (PROP) to get a check-up (meaning) from Chiou Chiou Ryan (Ch-)

检查工作 check up on work
检查护照 inspect the passport
检查身体 get a physical exam/ health check-up

检 Jiǎn means examine, inspection, to check (similar to the right side of lian/face with the prop as TIN MAN stick figure but instead of the month prop it has a tree prop) -

查 chá means to check, search, investigate, examine, research, consult

佥(PROP)TINMAN stick figure face
木(PROP)tree
旦(PROP)alarm clock

Jocelyn (Ji-) is at Andrew’s (-an) living room (3rd tone) watching Wizard of OZ - the part where the TIN MAN (PROP) is propped next to the tree depressed from examining (meaning) his problem of missing a heart and then researching (meaning) what to do to fix it.

Meanwhile, ChiouChiou Ryan (Ch-) is at Aldi (-a) in the aisle searching/investigating (meaning) where to get a heart for TIN MAN. He suddenly remembers the childhood story. The alarm clock goes off (PROP) signalling times up. Chiou Chiou Ryan dashes over to where the Tin Man was by the tree and tells him about the Wizard.

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Zhēn needle, pin, acupuncture, pointer, injection, hour hand, pricker, minute hand

钅(PROP)Gold Bar, Metallica, anything else to do with “metal”, gold cross
十(PROP)Christian cross

Zheng Han (Zh-) is at Auntie Karen’s (-en) front door (1st tone) where he is hold a GOLD CROSS (PROP) and a GOLD CROSS Necklace (PROP). The nails on the cross saved us in the same way that the needles (meaning) from the acupuncture (meaning) has healing power too. She said “Zhen” da? Really? Will God really work to heal him?

154

Q

感冒

A

Gǎnmào to have a cold

感 Gǎn means to feel , sense, touch, move, affect

冒mào means risk, bold, To Give Off (E.g. Steam)

155

Q

发痒

A

Fā yǎng itchy

发 Fā means hair, issue, send
痒 yǎng means itch, tickle
疒(PROP)means doctor or medical-related
羊 yáng means sheep (use for the sound)

The sick patient (PROP) was so itchy (meaning) he got his pet sheep (PROP) to use its sharp claws to scratch the itch for relief. But then the sick patient realized that maybe he was allergic to the sheep hair which was the cause of the itchiness!

156

Q

对…过敏

A

Duì…guòmǐn to be allergic to
对…

敏 mǐn means Nimble, Agile & Sensitive

157

Q

药店

A

Yàodiàn pharmacy

Joanna Yi (Yi) is in Josiah’s townhome (-ao) backyard (4th tone) looking for medicine (meaning) to use for his allergies because the pharmacy store (meaning of dian) is closed.

158

Q

健康

A

Jiànkāng healthy

健 Jiàn means healthy
康 kāng means hale & Hearty, peaceful, spongy

廴(PROP) Stretch Armstrong
聿(PROP)paintbrush
广(PROP)bus stop awning
尹 yǐn means to administer(PROP) slaughter pig snout
氺(PROP)snowflake

Jocelyn (Ji-) is at Andrew’s (-an) in the back porch (4th tone) to get healthy (meaning) fresh air. She is doing stretches like the Stretch Armstrong action figure while one of her many admirers are using a paintbrush (PROP) to paint a drawing of her as a popular influencer for healthy lifestyles.

Keith (K-) is at Elmbrook church (-ang) at the front door (1st tone) and notices Jocelyn’s post on social media. As snowflakes fall (PROP), he moves under the bus stop awning (PROP) to warm up by the fire where they just slaughtered the pig snout to have a Pig Roast celebration remember Jesus sacrifice to us. Keith also wants to live a healthy lifestyle to honor God.

159

Q

保险

A

Bǎoxiǎn insurance

保 Bǎo means save, insurance, ensure, protection, warranty, guarantee, keep, maintain, defend
亻(PROP)adam protecting eve
呆 dāi means dumb (PROP)prop is dunce cap
“Bao” also means to cover over – just like Insurance (meaning) to cover over risks

险 xiǎn means risk, danger, damage, nearly, sinister, vicious, all but, next to, strategic pass
阝(PROP)brick wall
佥(PROP)TIN MAN face in Wizard of Oz

Blake (B-) is at Josiah’s townhome (-ao) living room (3rd tone) in charge of protecting his place just like Adam protecting Eve (PROP) from Josiah’s dumb ideas/thoughts (PROP) which might destroy the townhome. Blake suggests Josiah buy insurance so he doesn’t have to stay there (meaning) - great idea!

Xiao Li (Xi-) is at Andrew’s (-an) in the living room also (3rd tone) where the government is thinking of sinister/risky/dangerous ways (meaning) to prevent the TIN MAN (PROP) from affording to get a new heart. The Tin MAN keeps running into BRICK walls of health insurance (meaning).

They both agree that NOW (Xian) is the time to finally fix the healthcare insurance fiasco in America.

160

Q

要不然

A

Yào bùrán otherwise

161

Q

懒惰的

A

Lǎnduò de lazy

懒 Lǎn means lazy
惰 duò means lathargic

忄(PROP)emotions
束(PROP)A bouquet of roses
负 fù means to bear (a burden)(PROP)Courier

忄(PROP)emotions
左 zuǒ means left direction(PROP)leftovers
月 yuè means Moon or Month(PROP)moon

Leonardo DiCaprio was in Andrew’s living room being lazy so he had to hire a courier to get more (sound of duo) bouquet of roses instead of going to the flower shop himself.

Leonardo DiCaprio (L-) is at Andrew’s (-an) living room (3rd tone) being “duo de” (Sounds like- more) lazy (meaning) and lathargic (meaning) on the couch because he was so emotional (PROP) after the courier (PROP) who delivered a bouquet of roses (PROP) to a girl said was the bearer of bad news when the girl rejected the roses. The courier returned with the leftover (PROP) bouquet (PROP) after a month (PROP) of trying.

162

Q

再说

A

Zàishuō moreover

163

Q

印象

A

Yìnxiàng impression

印 Yìn means to print, seal, stamp, mark, impress
象 xiàng means elephant (PROP)

Joanna Yi (Yi-) is at Auntie Karen’s (-n) in our backyard (4th tone) where there is a STAMP (PROP) of a PIG SNOUT (PROP) on the deck. What a strange impression (meaning)! It SOUNDED (using the sound of 象 xiàng) more like an elephant (PROP) than a pig.

164

Q

A

Yǎn play, act, perform
Joanna Yi (Yi-) is at Andrew’s (-an) in the living room (3rd tone) where he is watching Tiger Woods (PROP) performing (meaning) on the big screen. Tiger had just won his first Professional Tournament and in celebration they dumped the canister of water (PROP) on him! What an incredible performance (meaning)!

165

Q

A

Fèi fee, cost, expenses, rate, toll, to spend, to take (effort)

Phil Wong (F-) is in the backyard (4th tone) of our eighties home (-ei). He was practicing with his BOW (PROP) to try to hit the sea shell (PROP) but when he missed, the soccer legs (PROP) would go and retrieve the stray arrows for him so he could SPEND /take effort (meaning) on the most important things. There was no extra FEE (meaning) for the soccer legs either because it was all included in the COST (meaning) to practice.

166

Q

力气

A

Lìqì strength, effort

167

Q

一言为定

A

Yī yán wéi dìng that settles it, that’s settled, it’s decided,a promise is a promise

168

Q

A

Bān Move, transport, remove, shift, take away, apply indiscriminately, change dwelling place

Blake (B-) is at Andrew’s (-an) front door (1st tone) because he was going to help Andrew move/transport (meaning) by using his giant hand (PROP) to carry the table (PROP) and folding table (PROP) to the boat (PROP) on Mendota Lake.

169

Q

整理

A

Zhěnglǐ tidy, arrange, sort out, list systematically
整 Zhěng means entire
束 shù means to bind up(PROP)bundle of flowers
⺙(PROP)mormon missionaries knocking on doors coming in peace
正 zhèng means accurate(PROP)sniper rifle

理 lǐ means reason & Logic
王wáng means king(PROP)Jesus Christ our King
里 lǐ means inside(PROP)is desktop computer

Zheng Han (Zh-) is at Ngen Ngen’s (-eng) in the living room (3rd tone) along with the Mormons (PROP) talking to her. They brought her a bouquet of flowers (PROP) which was arranged in a very tidy, coordinated (meaning) manner consistent with the way Ngen Ngen likes to keep her house!

170

Q

附近

A

Fùjìn nearby, close to, vicinity, neighborhood, round, about, hereabouts

Forest Gump (Fu-) is in our backyard (4th tone) and was by the brick wall (PROP) of our house, waiting for people in our neighborhood nearby (meaning) to come over. They would have to pay (Fu- character) Forest to come check out the new pond that we created in the back of our house.

171

Q

A

Tào measure word for things that come in a set, sleeve, cover, jacket, case, sheath, suite, suit, loop harness, tie, copy, encase, knot, overlap, pump, hitch up, slip over

Tyler (T-) was at Josiah’s townhouse (-ao) in the backyard (4th tone) trying to get off his suit/jacket (meaning) but it was hard because The Big Red Dog (PROP) was fighting with the PIG SNOUT (PROP) and Tyler was unable to get his ELBOW (PROP) out of the sleeve (meaning) in the chaos.

Sample uses:
手套 (a pair of gloves)
沙发套 (sofa cover, slipcover for a sofa)
一套西服(a business suit)

172

Q

公寓

A

Gōngyù apartment, flats, lodging house

G(eorge) Yu - old flat/apt in MKE

禺 Yú (2nd tone) means place or district and looks like chong (insect) but with another line and box around the bottom

寓 Yù (add a roof and change to 4th tone) means apartment, residence, reside

Yahweh (Yu-) is in our backyard (4th tone). He was under the roof (PROP) and didn’t seem to mind having a box (PROP) full of insects (PROP). He used a razor (PROP) to protect himself from getting bit. He made for himself a makeshift apartment/lodging house (meaning).

173

Q

出租

A

Chūzū rent, hire, lease, let

Zeus (Zu-) was at our front porch (1st tone) and noticed that we had an abundance of grain (PROP) and wise books on the bookcase (PROP) for consumption and rent/lease. Zeus decided to rent all of it with his godly blood so that the whole world could receive it and be blessed!

174

Q

卧室

A

Wòshì bedroom

Wòshì - Wo sounds like “my” shi is room so “my room is my bedroom”

Win Chiou (W-) was in our Chicago home (-o) in the bathroom (4th tone). Why was he here? He wanted to be in the bedroom (meaning)! So he waived his magic wand (PROP) and after going through some box mazes (PROP) he finally was relocated to the bedroom where he could fall asleep again.

174

Q

厨房

A

Chúfáng kitchen
厨 Chú means kitchen
房 fáng means house

Chewbacca (Chu-) was in the kitchen (2nd tone but also the meaning of Chu). The kitchen was as large as a huge factory (PROP). He was cooking the world’s largest giant bean (PROP) and decided to use a tape measure to measure it (PROP). It was almost 120 inches (寸) long!

175

Q

卫生间

A

Wèishēngjiān bathroom, toilet, washroom, restroom, lavatory

卫 Wèi means guard, protect, defend

Win (W-) was in the bathroom (4th tone but also the meaning of the word) in our eighties home (-ei) and suddenly there was an earthquake while he was sitting on the toilet (meaning). Thankful the I-beam (PROP) protected (meaning) him from the collapsing wall –though part of the I-beam was bent at the top, Win was safe!

176

Q

客厅

A

Kètīng living room

The guest (Ke 客 character) was waiting for Tia (Ti-) who was at Ngen Ngen’s front door (1st tone). Tia rang the bell (PROP) and then went into Ngen Ngen’s house that looked like a factory (PROP) because it was so neat and systemized. Tia sat in the living room (meaning) while Ngen Ngen treated her like an important guest (meaning).

177

Q

家具

A

Jiājù furniture

家 Jiā means home

具 jù means tool (PROP) is a WRENCH but it also looks like a bookcase furniture to hold pictures/shelving or rods to become a clothese dryer!

Jesus (Ju-) was in our backyard (4th tone) making furniture (meaning) like a good carpenter knows how to do out of anything. He took a stop sign (PROP) and added 3 bars to it (PROP) so that we could use it as a clothes dryer! That was a very interesting furniture (meaning) piece for the home (PROP).

178

Q

一房一厅

A

Yī fáng yī tīng One bedroom and one living room

179

Q

干净

A

Gānjìng clean,neat, completely, totally

干 Gān means dry, work, do, empty
净 jìng means net, clean, only, merely, completely
争 Zhēng means fight, dispute, struggle, contend, strive, vie

Jocelyn (Ji-) is at Ngen Ngen’s (-ng) bathroom (4th tone) where it is totally clean and neat (meaning). Even after fighting/struggling (meaning) to deadlift her weight at the gym, she took some icicles (PROP) to cool off/wipe off the dirty sweat so that she was totally dry (干 meaning) when she got to the bathroom to keep it clean and neat (meaning) .

180

Q

沙发

A

Shāfā sofa (sounds like sofa)
沙 means sand
发 means hair
so think of a concrete-like sofa made out of sand/stitches of the couch made from hair

181

Q

饭桌

A

Fànzhuō Dining Table
literally meal-table

182

Q

书桌

A

Shūzhuō desk
literally book-table

183

Q

书架

A

Shūjià bookshelf
literally book-shelf

Jocelyn (Ji-) is in the Aldi (-a) bathroom (4th tone) putting together a bookshelf (meaning).

shelf is made of wood (prop) and needs to be strong (prop) but with an front open mouth (PROP)

184

Q

安静

A

Ānjìng quiet, peaceful, calm, stillness, comfort
安 means install, safe, secure, peace, fit, quiet, calm, pacify, fix, satisfied, still

青 Qīng means cyan, green
争 Zhēng means fight, dispute, struggle, contend, strive, vie
together
静 Jìng is like the green-blue calming color brings peace, stillness, and safety to the fight/struggle/dispute

Recognize the “an” and there is a “J” in the 2nd character to help remind me of how to say the second character “jing”

185

Q

房租

A

Fángzū rent house

186

Q

人民币

A

Rénmínbì RMB
literally
人 person
民 civil, people, nationality
人民 the people
币 currency, money

187

Q

人民

A

Rénmín the people

188

Q

A

币 currency, money

189

Q

押金

A

Yājīn deposit, cash pledge
押 Yā deposit, mortgage, pledge, pawn, give a security, escort
甲 Jiǎ means first, armor, armour

Joanna Yi (Yi-) is at Aldi (-a) entrance (1st tone) where she wants to buy the Aldi store. She uses her giant finger (PROP) to take off the armor (PROP) she was wearing which was made of GOLD/CASH (prop) and then used it as a cash deposit (meaning) to put a mortgage (meaning) on Aldi.

190

Q

A

Yǎng keep, support, raise, grow, cultivate, maintain, adoptive, rest, give birth, itch, acquire, form, provide
介 jiè to introduce

Joanna Yi (Yi-) is in the worship center (3rd tone) at Elmbrook (-ang). Joanna removes and lays down her Chinese armor (PROP of 介 jiè) so she can introduce herself (meaning of Jie) as a fellow believer who was like a lost sheep (PROP) but now is being raised/grown/cultivated (meaning) by God for His glory.

Sounds like Yang - Sheep but (3rd tone)

191

Q

宠物

A

Chǒngwù pet
宠 Chǒng means pet, spoil, favor, pamper, love, dote (like a pet 龙 dragon under you roof)
物 Wù means object, matter, substance, thing, content (a cow is like matter -
勿 is just using the sound Wù for this word but the character means “do not”

192

Q

A

Pāi shoot, beat, pat, racket, clap, slap, racket, hit

193

Q

篮球

A

Lánqiú basketball
篮 basket, goal
蓝 Lán looks a lot like blue but instead of a rose prop it has bamboos on top

194

Q

危险

A

Wéixiǎn Danger

similar to 保险 (insurance - cover risk)

危 Wéi means danger – think of Win Chiou (W-) at the Eighties home (-ei) in the kitchen opening a gift with a bow (PROP) that looks harmless, but when he opens it up his house turns into a factory (PROP) and suddenly his purse/bag (PROP) is stolen making it a dangerous (meaning) place

险 Xiǎn means risk, danger, damage, sinister, vicious
佥 Qiān means unanimous, all, together (like under an umbrella). The PROP looks like stick figure TIN MAN without a heart (also used in Lian for face)

Xiao Li (Xi-) is at Andrew’s (-an) where her family is altogether (meaning of 佥 Qiān) in the living room (3rd tone) along with the TIN MAN (PROP). Suddenly the brick wall (PROP) starts closing in and they are in serious danger (meaning) of getting crushed.

195

Q

演死

A

Yǎn sǐ to drown, or literally 演 Acting 死 dead

196

Q

水平

A

Shuǐpíng level, standard
水 water 平 level

197

Q

比赛

A

Bǐsài contest, game, match, competition, tournament, play
比 Bǐ compare, ratio, contract, compete
赛 sài means race, game, match, competition, contest, compete
赛塞寒 {Top-Part}(PROP)Three Tiered Platform for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place finishers
Roof over 3 competitors and showing the results on the stage

198

Q

国际

A

Guójì internationality

there is a “Ji” character shape in the second word

际 jì means international, border, between, among, while, boundary, edge, interval
The prop 阝is a brick wall
示 Shì means show or reveal
Jocelyn (Ji-) is in our backyard (4th tone) taking a look at the where the the brick wall is – it can reveal/show where the boundary/border is to determine whether our land is international or still within the country.

199

Q

美式

A

Měishì American-style

200

Q

A

Jiǎo foot, base, kick

Jocelyn (Ji-) is in Josiah’s townhome (-ao) living room (3rd tone) where she has been there over a month (prop) but she really wants to GO (character 去) but is waiting to get stamped (PROP) for approval to leave. Finally, Jocelyn kicks her foot (meaning) and gets up and decides to just leave on foot (meaning).

201

Q

A

Yā pressure, press, push, crush, depress, hold down, restrain, bear down, control, force down, confine, keep under control
厂 prop for factory
圡 Tǔ means bleak

Joanna Yi (Yi-) is at the Aldi (-a) entrance (1st tone) where the building looks like a factory (PROP). Suddenly large blobs/beads (PROP) of soil/earth (PROP) from inside comes crushing /pressing (meaning) from inside the factory door to keep the door from opening so that no one can come in anymore giving it a very bleak (meaning of 圡 Tǔ) outlook for people who want to shop!

202

Q

A

Bàng fantastic, super, great, stick, club, excellent, fine, admirable, eminent, precious, skillful, smart, valuable, strong, superior

𡗗 Blossoming tree (PROP)
二丨or combined like a Telephone Pole

Blake (B-) is at Elmbrook (-ang) in the backyard playground (4th tone) where they are using his stick (meaning) to play stick ball. He hits a big bang (sound) I mean “bong” so strong that the ball hits an evergreen tree (PROP), a telephone poll (PROP) and then on the way down makes a hole in a blossoming tree (PROP)! No one had ever seen such an incredibly precise, skillful, strong, and superior (meaning) hit!

Integrated Chinese New Words 1st and 2nd years Flashcards by lena eng (2024)

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