HANZI 202-300 Flashcards
回
huí return
The tribe’s oracle mouth is displayed in the museum in an enclosed area; people keep RETURNing to see it (because it’s so unusual). / The Twin Fairies conjures up a shimmering halo to protect it.
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回来 (65) huí lái to return (here)
回去 (86) huí qù to return (there)
来回 (65) lái huí return (journey), there and back
妾
qiè concubine
(In the old days) You had to stand with a foot on a woman to claim her as your CONCUBINE. / Twin Dwarves actually sit on chairs when they do this to their women.
接
jiē receive
Gargamel stretches out his hand to the new concubine ReneZ. to RECEIVE her into his household. / She has brought a huge plate of jelly as a gift which it took two Giants to carry!
差
chà fall short
The sheep keep working (in working at their long-jump practice by trying to jump across the river, but keep FALLing SHORT. / Their Dwarf coach keeps a chart of their progress and he’s not impressed!
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差不多 (9, 69) chà bu duō more or less
差点儿 (185, 21) chà diǎn r almost, nearly
着
zháo; zhe (zhāo) 1. to catch 2. -ing
1.
In the cowboy town Clint Eastwood was keeping an eye on the sheep, hoping TO CATCH the sheep rustlers. / The Fairy is teaching the posse jousting skills (ready for the confrontation with the sheep rustlers).
2.
In the spaceship the sheep is patrolling the corridors, putting his eye to each door to see if he can catch anything funny go-ING on. / Imagine his surprise when he sees the robot practicing his juggling!
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接着 (203) jiē zhe and then; to catch
匕
spoon ( bǐ dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon)
((=/= 七 qī))
能
néng able to
You see a man picking up a cocoon in the moon light … it’s a waiter practicing picking things up using two spoons held in one hand - he has to be ABLE TO do this before he can pass his waitering exams. / The Fairy is busy preventing Nancy Pelosi from meddling and accusing him of animal abuse.
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可能 (140) kě néng may, possible
能干 (124) néng gàn capable
能力 (14) néng lì ability
乍
zhà suddenly
Trump comes up with a new math jewel: If there’s a lot of clouds stacked upon each other, they equal a vertical line. He just realized that SUDDENLY. / The Dwarf writes it down and puts it in a jar where he collects his lucid thoughts.
作
zuò do
In a blinding flash, Harry suddenly knew what he had to DO to teach children auxiliary verbs DO/DOES. / He’ll tell the Dwarf to take the children to the zoo, so he can show them what animals do or don’t do.
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工作 (147) gōng zuò work, job
作文 (25) zuò wén essay
昨
zuó yesterday
(At the all night birthday party) She sees the sun coming up and suddenly realizes it is a new day. It isn’t her birthday any more - that was now YESTERDAY. / The Fairy tells them all to go to the zoo to resume learning.
左
zuǒ left (hand)
(Showing a new employee how to work the big machine in the factory) “Use your left hand, your wedding ring hand, to work the controls as they are all on the LEFT side of the machine.” / Teddy says: So I could use my right hand to roll a joint, and my right eye to watch Zoolander haha.”
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左边 (41) zuǒ biān left-hand side
左手 (31) zuǒ shǒu the left hand
做
zuò do
Harry’s former wife runs into the church during the wedding ceremony just as he is saying, “I DO.” / All the people, that came from the zoo, are shocked and start dragging her back to the zoo, led by the Dwarf.
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做法 (87) zuò fǎ method
坐
zuò sit
From the earth rises a beautiful throne to SIT on. / / It’s a special place for Dwarf the teacher, so all the kids in the zoo stare at him in amazement.
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坐班 (113) zuò bān keep office hours
座
zuò seat
Donlad Duck runs into the shelter to sit out the storm - fortunately there’s a SEAT to sit on. / The Dwarf runs all the kids from the zoo into it too and Donald goes mental.
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座位 (178) zuò wèi a seat
右
yòu right (hand)
(( =/= 石 shí stone ))
“Put your left hand, the one with your wedding ring on it, over your mouth and stretch your other hand out to the floor so that you lean to the RIGHT.” / The Dwarf demonstrates how this yoga posture looks (Imagine what he looks like!)
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右边 (41) yòu biān right-hand side
右手 (31) yòu shǒu the right hand
左右 (209) zuǒ yòu approximately
见
jiàn see
(On a bus tour of the outer limits) In the outer limits the boy, Milhouse, wants to go to the loo but won’t go behind a bush. “Someone might SEE me!”. [Notice the boy’s legs are held together in the character!] / The two Dwarf passengers decide that gentlemen don’t go in the bushes, so they will try to wait until the toilets at the next stop. 看见 (200) kàn jiàn see, catch sight of 会见 (59) huì jiàn to meet (formally) 接见 (203) jiē jiàn grant an audience / / / / / / / /
现
xiàn the present
The king has special powers and can see everything going on at THE PRESENT time in his kingdom. / His Dwarf assistanet acts like his trusty dog - but French chien sounds more fancy - telling him, “I’ll kill anyone you point at, if you wish”.
出现 (114) chū xiàn to appear
现在 (55) xiàn zài now
发现 (146) fā xiàn discover
观
guān observe
(In the evening you meet Isaac Asimov’s clone in the street) You shake hands and put on a special glasses trying to see if he has a serial number on the nape, and he tells you he’s off to OBSERVE the stars. / In the observatory the Twin Giants will be up on the gantry readying the big telescopes and looking after them until your friend gets there.
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观点 (185) guān diǎn point of view
再
zài again
Trump plans to press a small stamp with a picture of a rice field and a T-shaped handle AGAIN on a previously certified bill regarding rice exports to China. / The Dwarf celebrates this strictness by running a wheel across his xylophone - and is looking forward to annoying the neighbors around the White House.
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再见 (214) zài jiàn goodbye
再说 (67) zài shuō and what’s mo
艹
cǎo grass
(草字头儿 cǎo zì tóur grass radical 艹)
入
rù enter
Trump says those chickens look like wobbly people. They ENTER through the front door. / The Dwarf opens the door cause the chickens are coming home to roost.
内
nèi inside
Harry is on a bus tour and is about to enter the outer limits. The driver announces, “All passengers must stay INSIDE the bus while we travel through this dangerous area.” / The Dwarf tour guide checks off the names of the passengers on his list (to make sure they’re all accounted for).
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以内 (120) yǐ nèi during, within
在内 (55) zài nèi included
苦
kǔ bitter
The donkey finds that the old grass tastes BITTER. / Teddy says, “Mix it with couscous and it will taste better!”
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辛苦 (195) xīn kǔ hard (life, toil)
呐
nà (na) shout
Chief Wiggum is on a drugs bust. His crew are standing at the mouth of the cave when, from inside, comes a SHOUT. / “The Dwarf has found a stash of narcotics!”
肉
ròu meat
In the outer limits stands a totem pole made from one statue of Harry on top of another Harry: it’s advertising Harry’s MEAT stall. / The Dwarf ignores the rules and sneaks off the tour bus to buy meat for his Sunday roast.
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羊肉 (111) yáng ròu mutton
两
liǎng a couple
The zoo gets a unicorn from the outer limits, to obtain a COUPLE of unicorns which they hope might breed (where have we heard this before?!) / The Twin Teddies are set the task of watching the unicorns’ body language, to see if they are getting on!
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两个人 (19, 12) liǎng ge rén two people
两棵树 (188, 155) liǎng kē shù two trees
辆
liàng number of cars
(In the car showroom) the elderly couple sit in the car that they like most, tired after having been shown a NUMBER OF CARS. / The two Dwarf salesmen had talked and talked, but the technical language (about big ends etc.) had been incomprehensible to them.
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三辆车 (3, 83) sān liàng chē three vehicles
俩
liǎ two people
Harry only invited couples to his party, so that every time the doorbell rang, there were TWO PEOPLE standing there. / Twin Teddies tried to gatecrash the party as a lark.
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他们俩 (13, 28) tā men liǎ the two of them (people
满
mǎn full
Little Mermaid has to measure the water on the scales, as her measuring jug is already FULL (of something else). / Teddy doesn’t know how to use the scales and has to read the manual.
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满分 (73) mǎn fēn full marks (full score )
互
hù reciprocal
In the past a friend called two big and two short Unicorns, who brought two sticks to help you mount a spare wheel when you had a flat tire. You now see this friend with a flat tire and stop to give them your spare wheel as a RECIPROCAL favor. Behind you a Dwarf hoots impatiently, wanting to get past.
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互相 (163) hù xiāng mutually, each other
相互 (163) xiāng hù mutual, each other
它
tā it
The clown called IT team got a silver ladle as a reward for the most repulsive character ever. IT got a small house as a shed, where it keeps it on display. “Why does IT get all the attention?” asks the guardian dog (from Tom and Jerry) jealously. / “Because we want to watch you suffer as Tantal for all your insane barking” replies the Giant.
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它们 (28) tā men they, them (neuter)
比
bǐ compared with
He took one spoon, then another spoon, and COMPAREd one with the other. / Teddy didn’t care which one he had, as long as he got to eat his beans.
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比如 (80) bǐ rú for example
对比 (154) duì bǐ compare & contrast
批
pī criticize
The teacher looked at the hands of the children and compared them with her own - she CRITICIZEd any failings such as dirty nails. / The ones with clean hands were allowed to take the pizza to the Giant. I’ll pee on the others.
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大批 (47) dà pī lots of
切
qiè (qiē) to cut
You look in your diary and see that seven days ago you met with the victim, so you use a knife to CUT out the incriminating page. / The two dwarves are going round checking on everyone’s alibis.
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一切 (1) yí qiè all, everything
亲切 (196) qīn qiè cordial
司
sī department
The blades were piled up in the production DEPARTMENT because the sales department (lead by Goofy) couldn’t sell them fast enough. / “Goofy, you son of a bitch, sell or I’ll fire you!” says his boss.
词
cí word
A new boy Millhouse is being shown round the factory. “the words department makes the words, so whenever you need a WORD they will supply it. / The Fairy keeps statistics on which words are being requested most often.”
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生词 (133) shēng cí a new word (in a language lesson)
名词 (70) míng cí noun
动词 (58) dòng cí verb
曲
bend
典
diǎn reference book
One of the octopus’ tentacles has a permanent bend in it, so he puts a heavy REFERENCE BOOK on it to try to straighten it out. / The Twin Teddies try using the same method to get rid of the dent in their frisbee!
词典 (231) cí diǎn dictionary
字典 (92) zì diǎn character dictionary
纟
sī thread, silk
红
hóng red
Lisa Simpson is sewing a quilt. She rests for a moment with the thread trailing across her work. Then she looks down and sees a RED stain spreading across the fabric - she has pricked her finger without realizing. / Luckily the Fairy knows a magic stain-removing spell that she learnt in Hong Kong!
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红海 (129) hóng hǎi the Red Sea
细
xì slender
He strung the thread of the electric wire backwards and forwards across the field (to protect the crops from the birds). It was very SLENDER so it would do the job without blocking the light. / The Dwarf was satisfied as this would shield the crops from the birds (and save him from trying to keep them away).
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细心 (161) xì xīn meticulous
其
qí “this or that”
// 其 qí his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it) //
Trump is carrying a three bed - stretcher with wounded solders, holding it by two handles that looked like horns (he always has to grip onto something like that). “They’re too heavy”. “The one in the middle is American. Do you want to throw down THIS OR THAT Mexican?” asks his colleage on the other end. “Whichever is healthy and cheated us into carrying him,” the Fairy said.
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其他 (13) qí tā other
基
jī foundation
“Do you want to use this or that earth for the FOUNDATION?” the builder asks, pointing. / “In either case we’ll need so much that it’ll take the Giant and his jeep to transport it.”
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基本 (174) jī běn basic, fundamental
基础 (115) jī chǔ base, foundation
犬
quǎn dog
The big teeth of Freddy Mercury’s bite into the DOG’s butt and the drops of his saliva are all over the dog. Twin Teddies are rolling over on the ground laughing and Victor Orban has a good laugh too, so he throws some change to Freddy.
When appearing on the left as a radical, this character uses the distorted form 犭 (see 263a), in which the drop disappears.
尤
yóu especially
Trump is dragging Bart home by the ear, cause Marge’s “special boy” put a tack with its pointed end up on the sidewalk and rubbed it with a drop of chilli sauce. / The Fairy found the sauce useful, ESPECIALLY after her yoga class.
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尤其 (235) yóu qí especially
京
jīng capital
There were both tall and small buildings in the CAPITAL. / The Giant is drinking gin, too lazy to help anyone get around.
斤
jīn axe
/ The Giant is sharpening his AXE on the grinding wheel, and has a swig of gin every so often to keep up his strength!
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公斤 (119) gōng jīn kilogram
