Lesson 4

Question 1

only

Answer 1

[55]

只

an animal with only a mouth and legs

strokes: 5
stroke order

Question 2

shellfish

Answer 2

[56]

貝

imagine a shellfish with a giant eye painted on it’s shell

strokes: 7
stroke order

Question 3

pop song

Answer 3

[57]

唄

imagine an artist singing a pop song using a shellfish as the mic

strokes: 10
stroke order

Question 4

upright

Answer 4

[58]

貞

the shellfish’s shell is too big, it would require magic to help it stand upright

strokes: 9
stroke order

Question 5

employee

Answer 5

[59]

員

an employee at a sushi restaurant is trying to secretly eat the shellfish in the back

strokes: 10
stroke order

Question 6

post a bill

Answer 6

[60]

貼

the gypsy posted a bill on the billboard to promote her fortune telling service

strokes: 12
stroke order

Question 7

see

Answer 7

[61]

見

mike wazowski only needs one eye to see

strokes: 7
stroke order

Question 8

newborn babe

Answer 8

[62]

児

in the olden times, newborn babes had strong legs

strokes: 7
stroke order

Question 9

beginning

Answer 9

[63]

元

in the beginning of time, there were just two pairs of human legs (adam and eve)

strokes: 4
stroke order

Question 10

page

Answer 10

[64]

頁

the poetic shellfish wrote their finest book… which only had one page…

strokes: 4
stroke order

Question 11

stubborn

Answer 11

[65]

頑

he’s so stubborn, he won’t read past the beginning page!

strokes: 13
stroke order

Question 12

mediocre

Answer 12

[66]

凡

a drop of breeze is a mediocre wind (or just think squidward’s house)

strokes: 3
stroke order

Question 13

defeat

Answer 13

[67]

負

tied up, the shellfish admitted defeat

strokes: 9
stroke order

Question 14

ten thousand

Answer 14

[68]

万

I bound up ten thousand dollars and hid it under the floor

strokes: 3
stroke order

Question 15

phrase

Answer 15

[69]

句

a phrase is nothing more than a bunch of words bound up enough so they can fit in your mouth

strokes: 5
stroke order

Question 16

texture

Answer 16

[70]

肌

the moon’s lack of wind preserves it’s texture

strokes: 6
stroke order

Question 17

decameron

Answer 17

[71]

旬

a decameron is 10 days bound up

strokes: 6
stroke order

Question 18

ladle

Answer 18

[72]

勺

a ladle binds up drops of water

strokes: 3
stroke order

Question 19

bull’s eye

Answer 19

[73]

的

I managed to hit the bull’s eye with my white ladle

strokes: 8
stroke order

Question 20

neck

Answer 20

[74]

首

a moose’s neck supports it’s big horns and big eyes

strokes: 9
stroke order