Chapter 1 Flashcards
十
Shí
“At the fairground, in one game you have to roll a wheel and knock down ten skittles laid out in the shape of a cross. The fairy, confident of not having to pay out, sits smoking a cheroot”
口
kǒu
A large wheel stands across the mouth of the cold, dark cave, but Teddy simply puts on his coat and hops between the spokes to get inside”
日
rì
The dwarf has built a sun -powered wheel, and invites all his relations to come and admire it”
几
jǐ
There are several wheels to deliver so Teddy offers to load them onto his jeep.
(See him careering off down the road scattering wheels in all directions every time he hits a bump!）
我
hand 手 (31) + dagger 戈 (32a) = I 我
The dagger was stuck in the huge stone hand — he pulled it out declaring “I am the One!”. / This woke Teddy who had been asleep under the hand.”
一
yī (yí; yì) one
“They called in the giant who took one look at it and said, “This will be easy.”
二
èr two
The zoo had one unicorn so bought another unicorn to get a breeding pair. however they failed to check the gender of the new one so ended up with two of the same sex! The dwarf accountant is furious because the new unicorn had cost the earth
三
sān three
The unicorn lands his biplane on the beach perfectly so that all three tires touch down simultaneously. Unfortunately he fails to stop before he hits the giant’s sandcastle!”
也
yě also
“This is also a wheel,” Teddy claims, holding up a triangular object. “I got it from a yeti yesterday!“
木
mù tree
The dwarf yelled “moo” at the tree which stopped the wheel.
机
jī machine
It took several trees to provide enough wood to make the parts for the huge machine. When it was finished they had to get the giant to bring his jeep to deliver it.
tree 木 (10a) + several 几 (7) = machine 机
杯
bēi cup
I said not the tree with the cup tied to it!” cried the horrified lumberjack to his apprentice. “The giant collects the sap from that one to cook his bacon in.”
“tree 木 (10a) + not 不 (9) = cup 杯”
人
rén
The wheel rolled down the mountain towards the people. Luckily the fairy saw what was happening, and wrote a message “Run!” in the sky with her wand
亻
When “person” (人) is used as the left-hand side of a composite character it is compressed into this form.
他
tā he
Person A also came as a gorilla (He had a proper suit) but the giant arrived dressed as Tarzan
“person 亻 (13a) + also 也 (8) = he 他”
力
lì power
There was a power surge to the tram’s wheel and it hurtled towards the dwarf who had to leap out of the way quickly before he was flattened。
女
nǚ
the woman works out by running in a large treadmill wheel. Teddy uses the power it generates to cook his noodles!”
她
woman 女 (15) + also 也 (8) = she 她
At the fancy dress party, a woman also came as a gorilla! She wanted to dance with the giant dressed as Tarzan
