Chapter 4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
ONLY - zhǐ
a gigantic mouth and two wee animal legs
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SHELLFISH - bèi
oyster, clam
shells for money, a shellfish with a freaking large eye
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PASTE - tiē
An oyster with a sign pasted on for fortune telling
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4-53
CHASTE - zhēn
Diogenes with a wand looking for Jeanne d’E, so zhēn
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4-54
EMPLOYEE - yuán
the worker gets his mouth clamped with a clam
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4-55
YOUNGSTER - er
human legs
a youngster that is all legs
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4-56
HOW MANY? - jǐ
wind, sm table
how many roads (blowing in the wind)
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4-57
SEE - jiàn
the big eye on human legs
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4-58
BEGINNING - yuán
a couple and some legs, and off we go
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4-59
PAGE - yè
a head
a one-pager but pearl of wisdom
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4-60
STUBBORN - wán
sticking stubbornly to the beginning page
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ORDINARY - fán
an ordinary little drop in the wind (not under table)
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4-62
MUSCLE - jī
the meaty/muscle guy at the table to arm wrestle
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4-63
DEFEATED - fù
an all bound shellfish in the restaurant, defeated
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4-64
TEN THOUSAND - wàn
one/wan ten-thousand, …
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UNIFORM - yún
two neatly bound up, so uniform
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SENTENCE - jù
cluster of words bound to become a sentence
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4-67
DECAMERON - xún
cluster of days, bound for a decameron
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4-68
LADLE - sháo
the drops bound up on a spoon
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4-69
BULL’S EYE - de
white bird on a ladle for shooting practice
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4-70
HEADS - shǒu
horns and a nose, a moose’s head on the wall
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