Title: 🇨🇳 RSH1 Hanzi (with audio)

Meaning: one
Hanzi: 一
Story: One horizontal stroke representing the number one.
Pinyin: yī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1
Tags: lf_19968

Meaning: two
Hanzi: 二
Story: Two horizontal strokes representing the one plus one equals two.
Pinyin: èr
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 2
Tags: lf_20108

Meaning: three
Hanzi: 三
Story: Three horizontal strokes representing the number three. Or think of it as one plus two equals three.
Pinyin: sān
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Number: 3
Tags: lf_19977

Meaning: four
Hanzi: 四
Story: FOUR year-olds often put their FOOT (human legs) in their MOUTH but they are too young to realize it.
Pinyin: sì
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Number: 4
Tags: lf_22235

Meaning: five
Hanzi: 五
Story: This is just the kanji for three plus two vertical lines giving us a total of five.
Pinyin: wǔ
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Number: 5
Tags: lf_20116

Meaning: six
Hanzi: 六
Story: Indicating the six parts of the human body: head (top hat), body, 2 arms and 2 legs (animal legs).
Pinyin: liù
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Number: 6
Tags: lf_20845

Meaning: seven
Hanzi: 七
Story: This is just a pictograph of our number seven (the version with a slash) turned upside down and rotated.
Pinyin: qī
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Number: 7
Tags: lf_19971

Meaning: eight
Hanzi: 八
Story: Number eight is just one small circle on top and another slightly bigger circle on the bottom. Similarly this hanzi is one small stroke on the left and a slightly bigger stroke on the right.
Pinyin: bā
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Number: 8
Tags: lf_20843

Meaning: nine
Hanzi: 九
Story: This kind of looks like the hanzi for one added to the hanzi for eight. So 一 + 八 = 九 (nine)
Pinyin: jiǔ
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Number: 9
Tags: lf_20061

Meaning: ten
Hanzi: 十
Story: Roman numeral ten rotated 45 degrees.
Pinyin: shí
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Number: 10
Tags: lf_21313

Meaning: mouth
Hanzi: 口
Story: Here we have a clear pictograph of a wide open mouth ready to chow down.
Pinyin: kǒu
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Number: 11
Tags: lf_21475

Meaning: day
Hanzi: 日
Story: Many children like to represent a normal day by drawing the sun as a big circle with a smile.
Pinyin: rì
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Number: 12
Tags: lf_26085

Meaning: month
Hanzi: 月
Story: A month is longer than a day. The extended strokes for the right and left sides extend further.
Pinyin: yuè
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Number: 13
Tags: lf_26376

Meaning: rice field
Hanzi: 田
Story: A pictograph of a rice field seen from above. It's divided into four plots.
Pinyin: tián
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Number: 14
Tags: lf_30000

Meaning: eye
Hanzi: 目
Story: If the top and bottom boxes are the iris and the middle one is the pupil then we have a pictograph of an eye.
Pinyin: mù
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Number: 15
Tags: lf_30446

Meaning: ancient
Hanzi: 古
Story: You will become ancient (very old) quickly if you have TEN MOUTHs to feed. You can also remember this as a pictograph of a tombstone.
Pinyin: gǔ
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Number: 16
Tags: lf_21476

Meaning: recklessly
Hanzi: 胡
Story: The cool kids nowadays refer to old people as 'ancient moons'. ANCIENT MOONS can act pretty recklessly when they get old enough.
Pinyin: hú
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Number: 17
Tags: lf_32993

Meaning: leaf
Hanzi: 叶
Story: China is famous for herbal medicine. Here a doctor is trying to stuff TEN types of leaf into your MOUTH at once.
Pinyin: yè
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Number: 18
Tags: lf_21494

Meaning: i (literary)
Hanzi: 吾
Story: I have FIVE senses but my favorite one, taste, I (literary) experience with my MOUTH.
Pinyin: wú
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Number: 19
Tags: lf_21566

Meaning: companion
Hanzi: 朋
Story: My companion and I are like two moons side by side
Pinyin: péng
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Number: 20
Tags: lf_26379

Meaning: bright
Hanzi: 明
Story: The sun and the moon are the two brightest objects in the sky.
Pinyin: míng
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Number: 21
Tags: lf_26126

Meaning: goods
Hanzi: 品
Story: Three boxes of goods are devoured by the hungry mouths of waiting consumers.
Pinyin: pǐn
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Number: 22
Tags: lf_21697

Meaning: sparkling
Hanzi: 晶
Story: A diamond is as sparkling as three suns.
Pinyin: jīng
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Number: 23
Tags: lf_26230

Meaning: prosperous
Hanzi: 昌
Story: If you work from sun up to sun down you will be prosperous.
Pinyin: chāng
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Number: 24
Tags: lf_26124

Meaning: sing
Hanzi: 唱
Story: To sing one must learn to sustain notes for a long time which can seem like the singer keeping their mouth open for 2 consecutive days.
Pinyin: chàng
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Number: 25
Tags: lf_21809

Meaning: early
Hanzi: 早
Story: The sun rises early - well before ten in the morning.
Pinyin: zǎo
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Number: 26
Tags: lf_26089

Meaning: rising sun
Hanzi: 旭
Story: 9 am carries with it the rising sun.
Pinyin: xù
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Number: 27
Tags: lf_26093

Meaning: generation
Hanzi: 世
Story: One generation is usually thought of as 30 years. Here we have the hanzi for ten written three times to make 30.
Pinyin: shì
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Number: 28
Tags: lf_19990

Meaning: stomach
Hanzi: 胃
Story: The rice field is harvested once a month to get food for our stomachs.
Pinyin: wèi
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Number: 29
Tags: lf_32963

Meaning: daybreak
Hanzi: 旦
Story: This is a nice little image of the sun coming up over the horizon at daybreak.
Pinyin: dàn
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Number: 30
Tags: lf_26086

Meaning: concave
Hanzi: 凹
Story: Clear image of a concave object
Pinyin: āo
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Number: 31
Tags: lf_20985

Meaning: convex
Hanzi: 凸
Story: Clear image of a convex object
Pinyin: tū
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Number: 32
Tags: lf_20984

Meaning: oneself
Hanzi: 自
Story: To use an eyedropper by oneself, aim from above to put a drop into the eye
Pinyin: zì
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Number: 33
Tags: lf_33258

Meaning: white
Hanzi: 白
Story: A white ray is a drop of sun.
Pinyin: bái
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Number: 34
Tags: lf_30333

Meaning: hundred
Hanzi: 百
Story: The number 100 (hundred) turned on its side
Pinyin: bǎi
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Number: 35
Tags: lf_30334

Meaning: soap
Hanzi: 皂
Story: After washing thoroughly with soap, dishes become seven times whiter.
Image: zào
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Number: 36

Meaning: old
Hanzi: 旧
Story: Looks like the number 18 which in many countries is the measure of adulthood, i.e. olden times.
Pinyin: jiù
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Number: 37
Tags: lf_26087

Meaning: middle
Hanzi: 中
Story: A stroke drawn right in the middle of a square.
Pinyin: zhōng
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Number: 38
Tags: lf_20013

Meaning: thousand
Hanzi: 千
Story: It takes many drops of ten to get to a thousand.
Pinyin: qiān
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Number: 39
Tags: lf_21315

Meaning: tongue
Hanzi: 舌
Story: A tongue allows a mouth to speak a thousand things.
Pinyin: shé
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Number: 40
Tags: lf_33292

Meaning: liter
Hanzi: 升
Story: A thousand needles fill the volume of about a liter.
Pinyin: shēng
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Number: 41
Tags: lf_21319

Meaning: pill
Hanzi: 丸
Story: A drop of medicine is usually all you need. Taking nine pills will surely lead to bad effects.
Pinyin: wán
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Number: 42
Tags: lf_20024

Meaning: divination
Hanzi: 卜
Story: This is a pictograph of a magic wand of divination.
Pinyin: bǔ
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Number: 43
Tags: lf_21340

Meaning: tell fortunes
Hanzi: 占
Story: Wave the magic wand and you will be able to use your mouth to tell fortunes.
Pinyin: zhàn
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Number: 44
Tags: lf_21344

Meaning: above
Hanzi: 上
Story: A magic wand mysteriously standing above the floor all by itself.
Pinyin: shàng
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Number: 45
Tags: lf_19978

Meaning: below
Hanzi: 下
Story: Now the magic wand is mysteriously floating below the ceiling.
Pinyin: xià
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Number: 46
Tags: lf_19979

Meaning: card
Hanzi: 卡
Story: When it comes to playing cards, the top (above) is usually just a silly pattern. What's below is the important part.
Pinyin: kǎ
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Number: 47
Tags: lf_21345

Meaning: eminent
Hanzi: 卓
Story: The most eminent magician is he who learned to used his magic wand early in life.
Pinyin: zhuó
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Number: 48
Tags: lf_21331

Meaning: dynasty
Hanzi: 朝
Story: On the left we have the great mist moving in. Whenever a great mist settles under the moon light rulers of the past have taken this as a sign that their dynasty would soon end, and a new one would begin.
Pinyin: cháo
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Number: 49
Tags: lf_26397

Meaning: ridicule
Hanzi: 嘲
Story: Mouths of common people love to ridicule their dynasty rulers.
Pinyin: cháo
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Number: 50
Tags: lf_22066

Meaning: only
Hanzi: 只
Story: Imagine an animal with only a mouth and animal legs
Pinyin: zhǐ
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Number: 51
Tags: lf_21482

Meaning: shellfish
Hanzi: 贝
Story: This odd looking shellfish gets around with two animal legs - one giant leg and one little one. It does have a healthy looking shell and eyes though.
Pinyin: bèi
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Number: 52
Tags: lf_36125

Meaning: paste
Hanzi: 贴
Story: This shellfish likes to tell fortunes and shows his success to new customers by using paste to put up pictures of old ones on the wall since he has no fortune telling college degree to put up.
Pinyin: tiē
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Number: 53
Tags: lf_36148

Meaning: chaste
Hanzi: 贞
Story: This shellfish forces chaste on fish suffering from sexual addiction by zapping them with his magic wand.
Pinyin: zhēn
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Number: 54
Tags: lf_36126

Meaning: employee
Hanzi: 员
Story: An employee (member of the company) has to keep his mouth shut if he wants to keep his job and continue making clams (money).
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 55
Tags: lf_21592

Meaning: youngster
Hanzi: 儿
Story: As youngsters get older they start growing long human legs.
Pinyin: ér
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 56
Tags: lf_20799

Meaning: how many?
Hanzi: 几
Story: When having dinner parties it's an important question to ask how many? (people can we fit at this small table?) Better get a bigger one.
Pinyin: jǐ
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Number: 57
Tags: lf_20960

Meaning: see
Hanzi: 见
Story: A normal shellfish walking around with animal legs (like a few frames ago in shellfish) wouldn't make you turn your head. However a shellfish walking around with human legs like we have here will really make you want to turn your eyes to see what's going on!
Pinyin: jiàn
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Number: 58
Tags: lf_35265

Meaning: beginning
Hanzi: 元
Story: In the beginning of humanity there were only two people, a man and a woman, each with human legs.
Pinyin: yuán
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Number: 59
Tags: lf_20803

Meaning: page
Hanzi: 页
Story: This is just a weird shellfish walking around with one page on its head.
Pinyin: yè
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Number: 60
Tags: lf_39029

Meaning: stubborn
Hanzi: 顽
Story: Here is the weird shellfish again with a page still on his head. He is so stubborn, he rejects anyone's suggestion to lose the paper from the very beginning of their reasoning.
Pinyin: wán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 61
Tags: lf_39037

Meaning: ordinary
Hanzi: 凡
Story: There is nothing more ordinary than seeing a drop of coffee or tea on a small table.
Pinyin: fán
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Number: 62
Tags: lf_20961

Meaning: muscle
Hanzi: 肌
Story: A strong wind tests the muscles of your body as you try to walk through it.
Pinyin: jī
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Number: 63
Tags: lf_32908

Meaning: defeated
Hanzi: 负
Story: Bound up by seaweed the shellfish had to accept being defeated.
Pinyin: fù
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Number: 64
Tags: lf_36127

Meaning: ten thousand
Hanzi: 万
Story: I bound up ten thousand dollars and hid it under the floor.
Pinyin: wàn
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Number: 65
Tags: lf_19975

Meaning: uniform
Hanzi: 匀
Story: Back in the day most people had less money so their school uniforms had to be bound together with only two buttons (drops).
Pinyin: yún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 66
Tags: lf_21248

Meaning: sentence
Hanzi: 句
Story: Some Chinese sentences can be difficult to wrap (bound) your mouth around.
Pinyin: jù
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Number: 67
Tags: lf_21477

Meaning: decameron
Hanzi: 旬
Story: A decameron is ten days bound up which can represent the beginning, middle or end of a month.
Pinyin: xún
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Number: 68
Tags: lf_26092

Meaning: ladle
Hanzi: 勺
Story: This an upside-down pictograph of a ladle with a drop of liquid bound in it.
Image: sháo
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Number: 69

Meaning: bull's eye
Hanzi: 的
Story: Here we have a funny game rednecks like to play where they try to hit a bull's eye with a white ladle.
Pinyin: dì
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Number: 70
Tags: lf_30340

Meaning: heads
Hanzi: 首
Story: In the days of the vikings handsome heads had to have a big nose and a helmet with horns.
Pinyin: shǒu
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Number: 71
Tags: lf_39318

Meaning: straight
Hanzi: 直
Story: Confirmation from ten eyes will make you certain that you drew a straight line on the floor.
Pinyin: zhí
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Number: 72
Tags: lf_30452

Meaning: set up
Hanzi: 置
Story: To set up a good shot when playing pool/snooker, it's all about keeping your eyes straight.
Pinyin: zhì
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Number: 73
Tags: lf_32622

Meaning: tool
Hanzi: 具
Story: Be careful to keep an eye on your tools when doing work at your small bench.
Pinyin: jù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 74
Tags: lf_20855

Meaning: true
Hanzi: 真
Story: You need all ten tools to make sure you know what's true when working.
Pinyin: zhēn
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Number: 75
Tags: lf_30495

Meaning: work
Hanzi: 工
Story: This is a pictograph of an I-beam which is a commonly used steel object in construction work.
Pinyin: gōng
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Number: 76
Tags: lf_24037

Meaning: left
Hanzi: 左
Story: Keeping the correct tools by one's side means there will be no work left at the end of the day.
Pinyin: zuǒ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 77
Tags: lf_24038

Meaning: right
Hanzi: 右
Story: I always keep a snack right by my side so I can put it in my mouth when I'm hungry.
Pinyin: yòu
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Number: 78
Tags: lf_21491

Meaning: possess
Hanzi: 有
Story: I keep a possessed body by my side to do any dirty work I don't feel like doing.
Pinyin: yǒu
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Number: 79
Tags: lf_26377

Meaning: bribe
Hanzi: 贿
Story: Shellfish can't be bribed with money so you'll have to possess it.
Pinyin: huì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 80
Tags: lf_36159

Meaning: tribute
Hanzi: 贡
Story: After doing work, people pay tribute to the government by giving it clams (money).
Pinyin: gòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 81
Tags: lf_36129

Meaning: item
Hanzi: 项
Story: Before starting work at a new company, check each item on every page of the contract to make sure you're not committing to any extra duties.
Pinyin: xiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 82
Tags: lf_39033

Meaning: sword
Hanzi: 刀
Story: Pictograph of a rare sword with two massive blades.
Pinyin: dāo
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Number: 83
Tags: lf_20992

Meaning: blade
Hanzi: 刃
Story: The blade of the sword is the part which normally gets little drops of blood on it.
Pinyin: rèn
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Number: 84
Tags: lf_20995

Meaning: cut
Hanzi: 切
Story: With seven swords it will be easy to cut something (even yourself on accident!).
Pinyin: qiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 85
Tags: lf_20999

Meaning: summon
Hanzi: 召
Story: The sword here looks like breasts. See them pointing to the right? A woman's beautiful breasts and mouth can be a powerful method of summoning.
Pinyin: zhào
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Number: 86
Tags: lf_21484

Meaning: evident
Hanzi: 昭
Story: Summon the sun's rays to make any object as visually evident as possible.
Pinyin: zhāo
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Number: 87
Tags: lf_26157

Meaning: rule
Hanzi: 则
Story: This shellfish rules the sea with a sword at his side.
Pinyin: zé
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Number: 88
Tags: lf_21017

Meaning: vice-
Hanzi: 副
Story: On the left we have the primitive of wealth represented by one person (mouth) with a whole ricefield. Put together with the sword on the right we can see that this is an intimidating vice-president with wealth and a sword.
Pinyin: fù
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Number: 89
Tags: lf_21103

Meaning: fourth
Hanzi: 丁
Story: Rotated 90 degrees it looks like the fourth number - four (not like a computer displays it - 4, but the other way).
Pinyin: dīng
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Number: 90
Tags: lf_19969

Meaning: sting
Hanzi: 叮
Story: It will sting if you are talking to much with your mouth and smash your finger when you are trying to hammer a nail.
Pinyin: dīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 91
Tags: lf_21486

Meaning: can
Hanzi: 可
Story: A mouth on the street asking for things: Can I get some help? Can you give me directions?
Pinyin: kě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 92
Tags: lf_21487

Meaning: older brother
Hanzi: 哥
Story: The older brother is always asking his parents if he can do this and do that.
Pinyin: gē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 93
Tags: lf_21733

Meaning: crest
Hanzi: 顶
Story: Four heads bring to mind an image of Mount Rushmore - a mountain with four president heads carved into its crest/summit.
Pinyin: dǐng
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Number: 94
Tags: lf_39030

Meaning: second
Hanzi: 乙
Story: Pictograph of the number 2. Also since this will be called 'hook' or 'fishhook' when used as a primitive we can say - it will only take a second to catch a fish with this hook.
Pinyin: yǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 95
Tags: lf_20057

Meaning: fly
Hanzi: 飞
Story: Pictograph of a bird which is known to fly.
Pinyin: fēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 96
Tags: lf_39134

Meaning: child
Hanzi: 子
Story: Pictograph of a child. The body looks like the number seven (a childhood age) and the horizontal stroke going through it are the arms.
Pinyin: zǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 97
Tags: lf_23376

Meaning: cavity
Hanzi: 孔
Story: A child and a hook together most likely means a trip to the dentist to get that cavity filled.
Pinyin: kǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 98
Tags: lf_23380

Meaning: roar
Hanzi: 吼
Story: After the dentist begins drilling the cavity the child lets a roar out of her mouth.
Pinyin: hǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 99
Tags: lf_21564

Meaning: chaos
Hanzi: 乱
Story: If people start arguing, letting words come off their tongues, soon the hooks and other weapons will come out causing chaos.
Pinyin: luàn
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Number: 100
Tags: lf_20081

Meaning: (-ed)
Hanzi: 了
Story: This is a grammatical particle similar to the English (-ed). It looks like the character for 'child' except not complet-ed.
Pinyin: le
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 101
Tags: lf_20102

Meaning: woman
Hanzi: 女
Story: Pictograph of a woman. See how curvy (and slightly pointy I suppose) she is?
Pinyin: nǚ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 102
Tags: lf_22899

Meaning: good
Hanzi: 好
Story: A good mother is a woman who always takes care of her child.
Pinyin: hǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 103
Tags: lf_22909

Meaning: be like
Hanzi: 如
Story: Many women can be like one another because they often like using their mouths for a good gossip or chat.
Pinyin: rú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 104
Tags: lf_22914

Meaning: mother
Hanzi: 母
Story: Pictograph of a mother's two breasts.
Pinyin: mǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 105
Tags: lf_27597

Meaning: pierce
Hanzi: 贯
Story: The shellfish pierced through the rice field trying to find its way back to water.
Pinyin: guàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 106
Tags: lf_36143

Meaning: elder brother
Hanzi: 兄
Story: The elder brother here looks and acts much like so many teenage boys - big mouth and all legs.
Pinyin: xiōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 107
Tags: lf_20804

Meaning: overcome
Hanzi: 克
Story: If you have ten elder brothers when growing up you can overcome just about anything.
Pinyin: kè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 108
Tags: lf_20811

Meaning: small
Hanzi: 小
Story: A small penguin with its wings at its side and body in the middle.
Pinyin: xiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 109
Tags: lf_23567

Meaning: few
Hanzi: 少
Story: Only a few people can make a small ugly smile like that.
Pinyin: shǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 110
Tags: lf_23569

Meaning: noisy
Hanzi: 吵
Story: Even only a few people can be super noisy with their mouths when under the influence
Pinyin: chǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 111
Tags: lf_21557

Meaning: grandchild
Hanzi: 孙
Story: Logical - a child which is small is one of the young members of a family, a grandchild.
Pinyin: sūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 112
Tags: lf_23385

Meaning: large
Hanzi: 大
Story: A person stretching their arms and legs to look large and scare a bear away.
Pinyin: dà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 113
Tags: lf_22823

Meaning: tip
Hanzi: 尖
Story: A large skyscraper usually has a small (skinny) antenna as its tip.
Pinyin: jiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 114
Tags: lf_23574

Meaning: evening
Hanzi: 夕
Story: The evening is young, the moon is not full. (looks like a crescent moon)
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 115
Tags: lf_22805

Meaning: many
Hanzi: 多
Story: Some people have wasted two many evenings under the influence.
Pinyin: duō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 116
Tags: lf_22810

Meaning: enough
Hanzi: 够
Story: Sometimes your friends say the same cool new phrase (sentence) too many times at which point you say that's enough!
Pinyin: gòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 117
Tags: lf_22815

Meaning: outside
Hanzi: 外
Story: A young magician likes to practice outside in the evening with his magic wand.
Pinyin: wài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 118
Tags: lf_22806

Meaning: name
Hanzi: 名
Story: In the evening, when it becomes dark open your mouth to say your name so that peple can recognise you.
Pinyin: míng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 119
Tags: lf_21517

Meaning: silk gauze
Hanzi: 罗
Story: Rich Chinese people like to put silk gauze over their eyes in the evening because they think it will make them more beautiful.
Pinyin: luó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 120
Tags: lf_32599

Meaning: factory
Hanzi: 厂
Story: A modern factory is a pretty boring place with nothing in it except machines.
Pinyin: chǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 121
Tags: lf_21378

Meaning: hall
Hanzi: 厅
Story: Children love to throw things like nails in empty halls and factories to hear the reverberated sound it makes.
Pinyin: tīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 122
Tags: lf_21381

Meaning: stern
Hanzi: 厉
Story: Ten-thousand people work in a factory as the stern boss watches from above.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 123
Tags: lf_21385

Meaning: thick
Hanzi: 厚
Story: The thick wall of the cliff blocks the sunlight for the children.
Pinyin: hòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 124
Tags: lf_21402

Meaning: stone
Hanzi: 石
Story: Looks like a hammer shaping something metal on a stone.
Pinyin: shí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 125
Tags: lf_30707

Meaning: gravel
Hanzi: 砂
Story: When stones get old they become few and turn to gravel.
Pinyin: shā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 126
Tags: lf_30722

Meaning: wonderful
Hanzi: 妙
Story: Wonderful women are few and far between
Pinyin: miào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 127
Tags: lf_22937

Meaning: resemble
Hanzi: 肖
Story: With DNA matching even a small bit of flesh can be used to make someone resemble someone else.
Pinyin: xiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 128
Tags: lf_32918

Meaning: peel
Hanzi: 削
Story: You use a saber to peel an orange but keep hitting the table creating sparks.
Pinyin: xiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 129
Tags: lf_21066

Meaning: ray
Hanzi: 光
Story: A ray of light is not a wave but made of small photons with human legs.
Pinyin: guāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 130
Tags: lf_20809

Meaning: overly
Hanzi: 太
Story: This is an overly plump large guy with sweat drops coming off of him.
Pinyin: tài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 131
Tags: lf_22826

Meaning: economize
Hanzi: 省
Story: In order to economize you have to focus your eyes only a few objects of desire.
Pinyin: shěng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 132
Tags: lf_30465

Meaning: strange
Hanzi: 奇
Story: I find it strange that so many people commit suicide in Tokyo by throwing themselves in front of the train. I see a train just about to come out of a tunnel, and above the man waiting for this opporunity where he can end it all.
Pinyin: qí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 133
Tags: lf_22855

Meaning: stream
Hanzi: 川
Story: water stream
Pinyin: chuān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 134
Tags: lf_24029

Meaning: state
Hanzi: 州
Story: There were three little islands in the stream who all decided to set themselves up as states.
Pinyin: zhōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 135
Tags: lf_24030

Meaning: obey
Hanzi: 顺
Story: Obey Obey! says the strange piece of paper you pick up floating down the stream.
Pinyin: shùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 136
Tags: lf_39034

Meaning: water
Hanzi: 水
Story: Dropping a hooked walking stick into the water causes a splash.
Pinyin: shuǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 137
Tags: lf_27700

Meaning: eternity
Hanzi: 永
Story: It would take an eternity to count all the drops of water.
Pinyin: yǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 138
Tags: lf_27704

Meaning: blood vessels
Hanzi: 脉
Story: Perfect blood vessels (which almost stretch to the moon) are the key to an eternal body.
Pinyin: mài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 139
Tags: lf_33033

Meaning: request
Hanzi: 求
Story: I request the winter gods to make at least one perfect little snowflake drop like this every year.
Pinyin: qiú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 140
Tags: lf_27714

Meaning: spring
Hanzi: 泉
Story: White is a symbol of purety, so white water is pure water, the precise definition of spring water.
Pinyin: quán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 141
Tags: lf_27849

Meaning: flatlands
Hanzi: 原
Story: From the top of the cliff we can see small white sheep grazing in the flatlands.
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 142
Tags: lf_21407

Meaning: swim
Hanzi: 泳
Story: You'll be in the water for an eternity if you can't swim!
Pinyin: yǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 143
Tags: lf_27891

Meaning: continent
Hanzi: 洲
Story: Groups of states often border each other within the same large piece of land, but continent are usually separated by ocean water.
Pinyin: zhōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 144
Tags: lf_27954

Meaning: marsh
Hanzi: 沼
Story: A marsh is a piece of land which has summoned (absorbed) the water above.
Pinyin: zhǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 145
Tags: lf_27836

Meaning: sand
Hanzi: 沙
Story: As you only have a few drops of water left, the desert sand starts looking more and more like water!
Pinyin: shā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 146
Tags: lf_27801

Meaning: yangtze
Hanzi: 江
Story: Here we see a bridge from above built across the massive Yangtze river water.
Pinyin: jiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 147
Tags: lf_27743

Meaning: juice
Hanzi: 汁
Story: Water plus any type off fruit gives you a juice.
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 148
Tags: lf_27713

Meaning: tide
Hanzi: 潮
Story: Dynasties are like water, they all have high tides and low tides. Oh, I mean, high times and low times.
Pinyin: cháo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 149
Tags: lf_28526

Meaning: source
Hanzi: 源
Story: The source of the water lies beyond the flatlands.
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 150
Tags: lf_28304

Meaning: lively
Hanzi: 活
Story: Lively people often have saliva/water flying off their tongues while rambling on.
Pinyin: huó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 151
Tags: lf_27963

Meaning: extinguish
Hanzi: 消
Story: Water being thrown on a candle to extinguish the flame and stop it from lighting the house on fire.
Pinyin: xiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 152
Tags: lf_28040

Meaning: river
Hanzi: 河
Story: With only a little bit of water you can have the beginning of a river.
Pinyin: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 153
Tags: lf_27827

Meaning: fish
Hanzi: 鱼
Story: To make sushi fish is chopped up on the cutting board (floor) and bound up in rice.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 154
Tags: lf_40060

Meaning: fishing
Hanzi: 渔
Story: In the water looking for fish means you are fishing.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 155
Tags: lf_28180

Meaning: lake
Hanzi: 湖
Story: An ancient man standing under the moonlight next to the water of a lake.
Pinyin: hú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 156
Tags: lf_28246

Meaning: fathom
Hanzi: 测
Story: It's hard to fathom a shellfish with a sword roaming around the ocean water.
Pinyin: cè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 157
Tags: lf_27979

Meaning: soil
Hanzi: 土
Story: Under every tombstone is someone buried in the soil.
Pinyin: tǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 158
Tags: lf_22303

Meaning: equal
Hanzi: 均
Story: Gardeners use ladles like this one to scoop equal amounts of soil for similar sized pots.
Pinyin: jūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 159
Tags: lf_22343

Meaning: belly
Hanzi: 肚
Story: A belly looks like a pile of soil sticking out of the body.
Pinyin: dù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 160
Tags: lf_32922

Meaning: dust
Hanzi: 尘
Story: The smallest piece of earth I can see is dust.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 161
Tags: lf_23576

Meaning: fill in
Hanzi: 填
Story: A true city worker will completely fill in potholes in the ground when doing his/her job.
Pinyin: tián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 162
Tags: lf_22635

Meaning: spit
Hanzi: 吐
Story: The ground is often the location of choice when people are out and about and need to spit something out of their mouth.
Pinyin: tǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 163
Tags: lf_21520

Meaning: pressure
Hanzi: 压
Story: The ground is under great pressure from the towering cliff above it.
Pinyin: yā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 164
Tags: lf_21387

Meaning: waaah!
Hanzi: 哇
Story: Drop these bricks on someones foot on accident and you will hear 'Waaah!' out of their mouth
Pinyin: wā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 165
Tags: lf_21703

Meaning: chinese inch
Hanzi: 寸
Story: The chinese inch is an old Chinese measurement equal to a bit less that 1.33 English inches. Since this is about a tenth of a foot we can say it's one drop of ten.
Pinyin: cùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 166
Tags: lf_23544

Meaning: seal
Hanzi: 封
Story: To seal your valuables put them behind bricks and glue the bricks together.
Pinyin: fēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 167
Tags: lf_23553

Meaning: time
Hanzi: 时
Story: If you measure the sun you can find the time.
Pinyin: shí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 168
Tags: lf_26102

Meaning: buddhist temple
Hanzi: 寺
Story: At the buddhist temple monks are seated on the ground, glued there in meditation.
Pinyin: sì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 169
Tags: lf_23546

Meaning: fire
Hanzi: 火
Story: A person running, her arms raised up, because she caught on fire!
Pinyin: huǒ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 170
Tags: lf_28779

Meaning: destroy
Hanzi: 灭
Story: Fire under a roof can end up destroying the house.
Pinyin: miè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 171
Tags: lf_28781

Meaning: ashes
Hanzi: 灰
Story: The fire underneath the cliff will eventually turn everything above to ashes.
Pinyin: huī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 172
Tags: lf_28784

Meaning: vexed
Hanzi: 烦
Story: When you are vexed by a tough problem/situation you feel like your head is on fire. Well maybe it's not that bad.
Pinyin: fán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 173
Tags: lf_28902

Meaning: inflammation
Hanzi: 炎
Story: To fight fire with fire would just be inflammation for a situation.
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 174
Tags: lf_28814

Meaning: thin
Hanzi: 淡
Story: Drink water and your body will become less inflamed, i.e. thin.
Pinyin: dàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 175
Tags: lf_28129

Meaning: lamp
Hanzi: 灯
Story: Imagine old gas lamps which had a fire to light up the street signs.
Pinyin: dēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 176
Tags: lf_28783

Meaning: spot
Hanzi: 点
Story: The fortune teller was burned by flames on the spot because she was accused of being a witch.
Pinyin: diǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 177
Tags: lf_28857

Meaning: illuminate
Hanzi: 照
Story: We summon the sun's fire to illuminate our homes during the day - especially if we want to save money on our electric bill!
Pinyin: zhào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 178
Tags: lf_29031

Meaning: li
Hanzi: 里
Story: The li is a Chinese way of measuring the area of the GROUND underneath a RICE FIELD.
Pinyin: lǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 179
Tags: lf_37324

Meaning: quantity
Hanzi: 量
Story: I did such a quantity of work that when NIGHTBREAK came, I was asleep on the COMPUTER.
Pinyin: liàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 180
Tags: lf_37327

Meaning: bury
Hanzi: 埋
Story: You can't bury computers underground, because of the dangerous heavy metals, so you hide them behind an equally large mound of soil and hope no-one notices.
Pinyin: mái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 181
Tags: lf_22475

Meaning: black
Hanzi: 黑
Story: If your computer catches fire from overuse it will turn black.
Pinyin: hēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 182
Tags: lf_40657

Meaning: black ink
Hanzi: 墨
Story: Theres BLACK on the GROUND...most likely someone spilt some black ink.
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 183
Tags: lf_22696

Meaning: risk
Hanzi: 冒
Story: Don't look at the sun directly with your eyes, it's risky!
Pinyin: mào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 184
Tags: lf_20882

Meaning: same
Hanzi: 同
Story: Muslim women wearing veils (HOOD) all look the same, you can just see ONE MOUTH and very little else.
Pinyin: tóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 185
Tags: lf_21516

Meaning: cave
Hanzi: 洞
Story: All the animals in the cave share the same water.
Pinyin: dòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 186
Tags: lf_27934

Meaning: lovely
Hanzi: 丽
Story: A man put a picture of his lovely wife on the wall high up towards the ceiling. See her straight yet beautiful smile? Oh, he accidentally hung it upside-down though.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 187
Tags: lf_20029

Meaning: orientation
Hanzi: 向
Story: When putting on a helmet, to get the right orientation you have to make sure the little dot on top of the helmet is directly above your head.
Pinyin: xiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 188
Tags: lf_21521

Meaning: echo
Hanzi: 响
Story: To get their orientation dolphins let out cute little noises from their mouths and listen to the echoes.
Pinyin: xiǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 189
Tags: lf_21709

Meaning: esteem
Hanzi: 尚
Story: An especially esteemed alien has three antennae on his helmet. He's opening his mouth for a big smile.
Pinyin: shàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 190
Tags: lf_23578

Meaning: character
Hanzi: 字
Story: CHILDren learn hanzi characters underneath a HOUSE.
Pinyin: zì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 191
Tags: lf_23383

Meaning: guard
Hanzi: 守
Story: "A GUARD is usually ""glued"" to the house he watches."
Pinyin: shǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 192
Tags: lf_23432

Meaning: finish
Hanzi: 完
Story: When building a house start at the bottom in the beginning. Then finish by sticking a roof on top.
Pinyin: wán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 193
Tags: lf_23436

Meaning: disaster
Hanzi: 灾
Story: House fire. This is a quintessential disaster.
Pinyin: zāi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 194
Tags: lf_28798

Meaning: proclaim
Hanzi: 宣
Story: You can proclaim your opinions from the comfort of your HOUSE and have it SPAN the entire globe these days via The Internet.
Pinyin: xuān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 195
Tags: lf_23459

Meaning: nighttime
Hanzi: 宵
Story: I burn the CANDLE in my HOUSE throughout the nighttime reviewing the hanzi!!!
Image: xiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 196

Meaning: peaceful
Hanzi: 安
Story: Nothing more peaceful than spending a quiet afternoon under your own roof with a woman.
Pinyin: ān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 197
Tags: lf_23433

Meaning: banquet
Hanzi: 宴
Story: The WOMAN spent all DAY preparing a banquet in the HOUSE.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 198
Tags: lf_23476

Meaning: mail
Hanzi: 寄
Story: "The strange house has a sign saying ""Mail Here"" in its window, instead of a mailbox."
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 199
Tags: lf_23492

Meaning: wealthy
Hanzi: 富
Story: One man in this house is wealthy enough to provide rice for the mouths of his whole family.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 200
Tags: lf_23500

Meaning: store up
Hanzi: 贮
Story: In this house, they like to store up their clams under the floor.
Pinyin: zhù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 201
Tags: lf_36142

Meaning: tree
Hanzi: 木
Story: If you need a story for a tree, then you need to be hit by one.
Pinyin: mù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 202
Tags: lf_26408

Meaning: woods
Hanzi: 林
Story: Woods have at least two TREEs.
Pinyin: lín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 203
Tags: lf_26519

Meaning: forest
Hanzi: 森
Story: The higher you go up a forest mountain the less trees there are, that's so u dont mess up with their possition like i do.
Pinyin: sēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 204
Tags: lf_26862

Meaning: dream
Hanzi: 梦
Story: Dream worlds involve magical places like enchanted woods in the evening.
Pinyin: mèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 205
Tags: lf_26790

Meaning: machine
Hanzi: 机
Story: One of the greatest machines invented is a wooden desk.
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 206
Tags: lf_26426

Meaning: plant
Hanzi: 植
Story: Plants don't become trees straightaway.
Pinyin: zhí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 207
Tags: lf_26893

Meaning: apricot
Hanzi: 杏
Story: From the tree straight into the mouth is the best way to eat an APRICOT!
Pinyin: xìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 208
Tags: lf_26447

Meaning: dim-witted
Hanzi: 呆
Story: His mouth fell open looking dim-witted when he woke up and found himself on top of a tree.
Pinyin: dāi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 209
Tags: lf_21574

Meaning: withered
Hanzi: 枯
Story: A tree withers away as it gets old until it's completely withered.
Pinyin: kū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 210
Tags: lf_26543

Meaning: village
Hanzi: 村
Story: Take a measurement to see how much wood you need to build the village.
Pinyin: cūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 211
Tags: lf_26449

Meaning: one another
Hanzi: 相
Story: To avoid INTER-acting with one another, I climbed a tree and kept an eye out for anyone coming near.
Pinyin: xiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 212
Tags: lf_30456

Meaning: notebook
Hanzi: 本
Story: The origin of a book is paper made out of TREEs. ONE tree can make many notebooks.
Pinyin: běn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 213
Tags: lf_26412

Meaning: case
Hanzi: 案
Story: This is a strange case of a tree suddenly growing in the middle of a house pushing a woman to the ceiling.
Pinyin: àn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 214
Tags: lf_26696

Meaning: not yet
Hanzi: 未
Story: Remember these as a set: The tree (木) has not yet (未) reached the last (末) stage of vermilion (朱) growth. That's why it still has short branches.
Pinyin: wèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 215
Tags: lf_26410

Meaning: last
Hanzi: 末
Story: The tree has almost reached the last stage of its growth with long branches.
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 216
Tags: lf_26411

Meaning: foam
Hanzi: 沫
Story: The last of the water after boiling a pot for too long just looks like a bit of bubbling foam.
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 217
Tags: lf_27819

Meaning: flavor
Hanzi: 味
Story: My mouth has not yet swallowed the food because the flavor is so delicious that I keep chewing it.
Pinyin: wèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 218
Tags: lf_21619

Meaning: younger sister
Hanzi: 妹
Story: My younger sister is NOT YET a fully grown WOMAN.
Pinyin: mèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 219
Tags: lf_22969

Meaning: investigate
Hanzi: 查
Story: A tree which grows on top of a bookshelf would prompt people to investigate.
Pinyin: chá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 220
Tags: lf_26597

Meaning: sediment
Hanzi: 渣
Story: Better investigate if there is sediment at the bottom of your bottled water.
Image: zhā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 221

Meaning: dye
Hanzi: 染
Story: To make this dye, I used water and the barks of nine different trees.
Pinyin: rǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 222
Tags: lf_26579

Meaning: plum
Hanzi: 李
Story: "A kid falls out a tree and the father exclaims, ""Damn, son! Watch where you're going when you go plum-pickin'!""."
Pinyin: lǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 223
Tags: lf_26446

Meaning: table
Hanzi: 桌
Story: To become a real magician you have to take a day to carve a magic wand out of tree wood at your table.
Pinyin: zhuō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 224
Tags: lf_26700

Meaning: miscellaneous
Hanzi: 杂
Story: Look at nine different telephone poles and you'll see that they all have miscellaneous stickers all over them.
Pinyin: zá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 225
Tags: lf_26434

Meaning: as if
Hanzi: 若
Story: The young little girl held a cute flower in her right hand as if she is about to had her mother a present.
Pinyin: ruò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 226
Tags: lf_33509

Meaning: grass
Hanzi: 草
Story: Grass grows in earlier than flowers.
Pinyin: cǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 227
Tags: lf_33609

Meaning: technique
Hanzi: 艺
Story: Fishermen have become frustrated with the lack of catches so they decided to try out a new technique - flowers on the fishhook for bait.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 228
Tags: lf_33402

Meaning: suffering
Hanzi: 苦
Story: Flowers for the ancient man suffering in the hospital.
Pinyin: kǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 229
Tags: lf_33510

Meaning: wide
Hanzi: 宽
Story: Hippie parents keep a wide open and tolerant mind when they see their son's special green flowers in the house.
Pinyin: kuān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 230
Tags: lf_23485

Meaning: nobody
Hanzi: 莫
Story: "Thou shalt not kill"" nobody because the graveyard (big day flower) is full. There's no room left to dispose of the evidence!"
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 231
Tags: lf_33707

Meaning: imitate
Hanzi: 模
Story: If I find out this furniture you're selling me is made of imitated wood, I'll put you in the graveyard and nobody will find you.
Pinyin: mó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 232
Tags: lf_27169

Meaning: desert
Hanzi: 漠
Story: The precise locations of people who died in deserts from lack of water are vague. That's why nobody has been found.
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 233
Tags: lf_28448

Meaning: grave
Hanzi: 墓
Story: The soil under a graveyard is full of graves.
Pinyin: mù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 234
Tags: lf_22675

Meaning: seedling
Hanzi: 苗
Story: If you plant seedlings in a rice FIELD eventually they will FLOWER.
Pinyin: miáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 235
Tags: lf_33495

Meaning: aim
Hanzi: 瞄
Story: Keep your eye on the seedlings and pick a healthy one if your aim is to grow a nice plant.
Pinyin: miáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 236
Tags: lf_30596

Meaning: portent
Hanzi: 兆
Story: When your wife's human LEGs get huge hairs on them it is surely a bad portent for things to come.
Pinyin: zhào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 237
Tags: lf_20806

Meaning: peach
Hanzi: 桃
Story: The pits of a peach tree look like turtles.
Pinyin: táo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 238
Tags: lf_26691

Meaning: pooch
Hanzi: 犬
Story: A large man with a small dog (pooch) sitting on his shoulder.
Pinyin: quǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 239
Tags: lf_29356

Meaning: remarkable
Hanzi: 尤
Story: A chihuahua with one human leg is remarkable but understandably not as fast as other chihuahuas.
Pinyin: yóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 240
Tags: lf_23588

Meaning: detest
Hanzi: 厌
Story: Some people detest beef factories but a factory for butchering dogs would be even worse.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 241
Tags: lf_21388

Meaning: state of affairs
Hanzi: 状
Story: It was left to the turtle to make right with the dog and thus maintaining a pleasant state of affairs..
Pinyin: zhuàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 242
Tags: lf_29366

Meaning: put on makeup
Hanzi: 妆
Story: This woman likes to put on makeup, especially turtle green.
Pinyin: zhuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 243
Tags: lf_22918

Meaning: general
Hanzi: 总
Story: An animal with horns, a big mouth and a strong heart has what it takes to become the animal army general.
Pinyin: zǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 566
Tags: lf_24635

Meaning: seize
Hanzi: 获
Story: The wild dogs seize the delicious flowers before the pooch can get to them.
Pinyin: huò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 245
Tags: lf_33719

Meaning: silent
Hanzi: 默
Story: The black chihuahua is never seen or heard. He stays in the shadows and keeps silent.
Pinyin: mò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 246
Tags: lf_40664

Meaning: sort of thing
Hanzi: 然
Story: "Flesh of a dog over a cooking fire = ""hotdog"". There are all sorts of things in hot dogs.
Pinyin: rán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 247
Tags: lf_28982

Meaning: cry
Hanzi: 哭
Story: This chihuahua has to cry so much you would think it had a second mouth.
Pinyin: kū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 248
Tags: lf_21741

Meaning: utensil
Hanzi: 器
Story: Imagine four hungry mouths all sitting around the table. They are all banging their utensils on the table waiting for a big meal to be placed in the centre.
Pinyin: qì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 249
Tags: lf_22120

Meaning: stinking
Hanzi: 臭
Story: The chihuahua lifted his large nose high in the air to find out where the stinking smell comes from.
Pinyin: chòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 250
Tags: lf_33261

Meaning: dog
Hanzi: 狗
Story: Mother dog: “I don't like our pup hanging around with that pack of wild dogs because he picks up all sorts of bad phrases.” Father dog: “Don't worry, he's only a pup – it's just a phrase he's going through”.
Pinyin: gǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 251
Tags: lf_29399

Meaning: cow
Hanzi: 牛
Story: A cow tried to climb up a vermilion tree, but in doing so, it broke its two bottom branches off.
Pinyin: niú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 252
Tags: lf_29275

Meaning: special
Hanzi: 特
Story: Think of not special people, but special animals. The sacred buddhist temple cows are special - they can wander around the temple without fear of becoming roast beef.
Pinyin: tè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 253
Tags: lf_29305

Meaning: declare
Hanzi: 告
Story: "What gets declared makes the cow's mouth drop down, ""Hamburgers are made of what?!""."
Pinyin: gào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 254
Tags: lf_21578

Meaning: vast
Hanzi: 浩
Story: A cow's mouth can take in a vast amount of water.
Pinyin: hào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 255
Tags: lf_28009

Meaning: before
Hanzi: 先
Story: I've never seen a cow with human legs before!
Pinyin: xiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 256
Tags: lf_20808

Meaning: wash
Hanzi: 洗
Story: In Japan, you always wash with water from the shower before you enter the bathtub.
Pinyin: xǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 257
Tags: lf_27927

Meaning: individual
Hanzi: 个
Story: An individual strolling along with his umbrella and walking stick.
Pinyin: gè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 258
Tags: lf_20010

Meaning: introduce
Hanzi: 介
Story: I'd like to introduce a brilliant new invention, the two-handle umbrella for couples jammed in under the same umbrella.
Pinyin: jiè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 259
Tags: lf_20171

Meaning: world
Hanzi: 界
Story: Sometimes farmers are so small minded that running into anything outside of their rice field is an introduction to the larger world.
Pinyin: jiè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 260
Tags: lf_30028

Meaning: tea
Hanzi: 茶
Story: Some people think drinking tea is boring and quaint. That's why I spice mine up by adding one small cocktail umbrella, which of course is made from a wood-en toothpick supporting a paper umbrella with flowers printed on top.
Pinyin: chá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 261
Tags: lf_33590

Meaning: fit
Hanzi: 合
Story: Only one mouth can fit under this little umbrella.
Pinyin: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 262
Tags: lf_21512

Meaning: ha!
Hanzi: 哈
Story: A mouth which laughs a lot means a fit person with consistent ab exercise, ha ha ha!
Pinyin: hā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 263
Tags: lf_21704

Meaning: pagoda
Hanzi: 塔
Story: In order to build a pagoda in this small Chinese garden everything has to fit: the soil to the left and the flowers in the upper right corner.
Pinyin: tǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 264
Tags: lf_22612

Meaning: king
Hanzi: 王
Story: To be king you have to be one with good work ethic!
Pinyin: wáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 265
Tags: lf_29579

Meaning: jade
Hanzi: 玉
Story: The king always carries around his most valued jade jewel...
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 266
Tags: lf_29577

Meaning: treasure
Hanzi: 宝
Story: On treasure island is a single house - where all the jewels are stored.
Pinyin: bǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 267
Tags: lf_23453

Meaning: ball
Hanzi: 球
Story: The king requests that you be at the royal ball!
Pinyin: qiú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 268
Tags: lf_29699

Meaning: present
Hanzi: 现
Story: The king uses magic to see everything in the present.
Pinyin: xiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 269
Tags: lf_29616

Meaning: play
Hanzi: 玩
Story: The ball was the only thing that people at the beginning of time had to play with. Poor cavemen.
Pinyin: wán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 270
Tags: lf_29609

Meaning: crazy
Hanzi: 狂
Story: Oh no ! A pack of dogs has bitten the king. He has turned into a crazy lunatic !
Pinyin: kuáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 271
Tags: lf_29378

Meaning: emperor
Hanzi: 皇
Story: Ancient Rome had Emperors instead of Kings, and they wore white robes. Thus an emperor is a king in white. (make sure you picture a roman emperor not a japanese one and you'll be ok).
Pinyin: huáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 272
Tags: lf_30343

Meaning: resplendent
Hanzi: 煌
Story: Resplendent means magnificent. Here we have the fire emperor appearing as resplendent as any emporer in history.
Pinyin: huáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 273
Tags: lf_29004

Meaning: submit
Hanzi: 呈
Story: You must submit to any word that comes out of the king's mouth.
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 274
Tags: lf_21576

Meaning: whole
Hanzi: 全
Story: "The fat king hogs the whole space under his umbrella. (tweaked version of radical tyro's story. ""fat"" makes a more vivid image for me.)."
Pinyin: quán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 275
Tags: lf_20840

Meaning: logic
Hanzi: 理
Story: The king of LOGIC is the computer.
Pinyin: lǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 276
Tags: lf_29702

Meaning: lord
Hanzi: 主
Story: A lord is a little drop down from King in hierarchy.
Pinyin: zhǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 277
Tags: lf_20027

Meaning: pour
Hanzi: 注
Story: To put out a candle in a hurry pour some water on it.
Pinyin: zhù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 278
Tags: lf_27880

Meaning: gold
Hanzi: 金
Story: The fat king taking up the whole space under the umbrella actually isn't fat - he just has two big gold bars hidden under his clothes.
Pinyin: jīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 279
Tags: lf_37329

Meaning: bell
Hanzi: 钟
Story: The middle of a bell is a metal piece which hits the sides of the bell to make a sound.
Pinyin: zhōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 280
Tags: lf_38047

Meaning: copper
Hanzi: 铜
Story: This monk worhips a copper metal buddha statue.
Pinyin: tóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 281
Tags: lf_38108

Meaning: go fishin
Hanzi: 钓
Story: The easiest way to go fishin is using a metal ladle to scoop the fish. The only hard part is the angling.
Pinyin: diào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 282
Tags: lf_38035

Meaning: needle
Hanzi: 针
Story: A golden needle is better than ten normal metal ones.
Pinyin: zhēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 283
Tags: lf_38024

Meaning: nail
Hanzi: 钉
Story: A golden nails is totally better than a normal metal one.
Pinyin: dīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 284
Tags: lf_38025

Meaning: inscription
Hanzi: 铭
Story: Any piece of gold given as a present usually has a name inscription on it.
Pinyin: míng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 285
Tags: lf_38125

Meaning: at ease
Hanzi: 镇
Story: Finding out that your gold is true and not fake can put you at ease.
Pinyin: zhèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 286
Tags: lf_38215

Meaning: way
Hanzi: 道
Story: When we go out on the road-WAY, we often risk our own necks (that's why I take the train! ).
Pinyin: dào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 287
Tags: lf_36947

Meaning: reach
Hanzi: 达
Story: You know you've reached a highway when you see lots of large trucks transporting goods down the road.
Pinyin: dá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 288
Tags: lf_36798

Meaning: distant
Hanzi: 远
Story: If you are at the beginning of a highway road, the end will likely be a distant place.
Pinyin: yuǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 289
Tags: lf_36828

Meaning: suitable
Hanzi: 适
Story: On the road is not a suitable place to stick your tongue out. Road rage is a big enough problem as it is.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 290
Tags: lf_36866

Meaning: cross
Hanzi: 过
Story: Measure the road looking right and left before you cross it.
Pinyin: guò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 291
Tags: lf_36807

Meaning: stride
Hanzi: 迈
Story: If you take ten-thousand strides down the road a day you will surely be in good health.
Pinyin: mài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 292
Tags: lf_36808

Meaning: speedy
Hanzi: 迅
Story: The car went through the crossing too speedy and was hooked by the cops down the road.
Pinyin: xùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 293
Tags: lf_36805

Meaning: create
Hanzi: 造
Story: A cow creates a road by eating all the grass with its mouth on its path.
Pinyin: zào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 294
Tags: lf_36896

Meaning: escape
Hanzi: 逃
Story: You can't escape the portent.
Pinyin: táo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 295
Tags: lf_36867

Meaning: patrol
Hanzi: 巡
Story: The cops don't PATROL anymore - they just flood the road.
Pinyin: xún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 296
Tags: lf_24033

Meaning: choose
Hanzi: 选
Story: Before walking somewhere you have to choose which road to take.
Pinyin: xuǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 297
Tags: lf_36873

Meaning: modest
Hanzi: 逊
Story: On the road of life, a grandchild must be modest.
Pinyin: xùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 298
Tags: lf_36874

Meaning: stroll
Hanzi: 逛
Story: Only a crazy person would stroll down the middle of a road.
Pinyin: guàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 299
Tags: lf_36891

Meaning: car
Hanzi: 车
Story: Pictograph of a car - you can see the front and back axles which form a ten with the wheels (perpendicular).
Pinyin: chē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 300
Tags: lf_36710

Meaning: one after another
Hanzi: 连
Story: Cars on a road just come one after another.
Pinyin: lián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 301
Tags: lf_36830

Meaning: lotus
Hanzi: 莲
Story: Lotus flowers appear in groups so you'll see one after another.
Pinyin: lián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 302
Tags: lf_33714

Meaning: in front
Hanzi: 前
Story: The Horn, the best butcher shop in town, always has a line of people in front of it.
Pinyin: qián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 303
Tags: lf_21069

Meaning: shears
Hanzi: 剪
Story: The butcher shop is going to use another form of dagger - shears
Pinyin: jiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 304
Tags: lf_21098

Meaning: transport
Hanzi: 输
Story: Meat from the slaughterhouse is transported by car.
Pinyin: shū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 305
Tags: lf_36755

Meaning: exceed
Hanzi: 逾
Story: Consumption of meat has gone out of control and exceeded expectation as slaughterhouse trucks are all over the roads.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 306
Tags: lf_36926

Meaning: strip
Hanzi: 条
Story: Most people have a small strip between their legs
Pinyin: tiáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 307
Tags: lf_26465

Meaning: location
Hanzi: 处
Story: The taskmaster can change location with the magic wand.
Pinyin: chù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 308
Tags: lf_22788

Meaning: each
Hanzi: 各
Story: Each person is gifted with a mouth to get us into trouble and a pair of walking legs to get us out!
Pinyin: gè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 309
Tags: lf_21508

Meaning: pattern
Hanzi: 格
Story: Each tree has a similar pattern - brown on the bottom, green on the top.
Pinyin: gé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 310
Tags: lf_26684

Meaning: abbreviation
Hanzi: 略
Story: An obsessive rice farmer wants his abbreviation on each plant in his rice field so people know they're his.
Pinyin: lüè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 311
Tags: lf_30053

Meaning: guest
Hanzi: 客
Story: Each person under my roof is treated as a guest.
Pinyin: kè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 312
Tags: lf_23458

Meaning: forehead
Hanzi: 额
Story: Each guest must have a paper on their forehead with their name.
Pinyin: é
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 313
Tags: lf_39069

Meaning: summer
Hanzi: 夏
Story: In SUMMER you are hot from the top of your head down to your walking legs.
Pinyin: xià
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 314
Tags: lf_22799

Meaning: l.a.
Hanzi: 洛
Story: Each drop of water in L.A. is savored as the city lacks a convenient water source.
Pinyin: luò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 315
Tags: lf_27931

Meaning: fall
Hanzi: 落
Story: The smog in L.A. makes flowers fall.
Pinyin: luò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 316
Tags: lf_33853

Meaning: prepare
Hanzi: 备
Story: Rice farmers walk around the rice field on their walking legs when trying to prepare to make an important decision.
Pinyin: bèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 317
Tags: lf_22791

Meaning: superfluous
Hanzi: 冗
Story: "The king's crown was blown off by the wind. ""Oh well,"" he said, ""it's just a superfluous symbol.""."
Image: rǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 318

Meaning: profound
Hanzi: 沉
Story: The most profound invention will be that which makes water superfluous.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 319
Tags: lf_27785

Meaning: army
Hanzi: 军
Story: British army cars are at the service of the crown
Pinyin: jūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 320
Tags: lf_20891

Meaning: radiance
Hanzi: 辉
Story: American army cars emit a light rays of radiance as the US spends so much money on them.
Pinyin: huī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 321
Tags: lf_36745

Meaning: crown
Hanzi: 冠
Story: "Remember the superfluous crown that flew away in the wind? Well now the king is saying ""i should have had the thing GLUED to my head from the BEGINNING""."
Pinyin: guān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 322
Tags: lf_20896

Meaning: pit
Hanzi: 坑
Story: A whirlwind digs a hole in the ground throwing out lots of dirt until it ends up with a giant pit.
Pinyin: kēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 323
Tags: lf_22353

Meaning: chinese acre
Hanzi: 亩
Story: The chinese acre is represented as a rice field with a ruler on top and a finger (drop) holding it steady.
Pinyin: mǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 324
Tags: lf_20137

Meaning: tall
Hanzi: 高
Story: Two little aliens in a trenchcoat and top hat, trying to look TALL. The bottom one, in the glass helmet, is under the coat. The top one has his top hat pulled down in disguise, so all you can see is his mouth.
Pinyin: gāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 325
Tags: lf_39640

Meaning: enjoy
Hanzi: 享
Story: Tall children enjoy the playground more because they won't be bullied.
Pinyin: xiǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 326
Tags: lf_20139

Meaning: ripe
Hanzi: 熟
Story: I swallowed over ripe fruit which I definitely didn't enjoy and had to take a pill and some hot water when I got sick.
Pinyin: shú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 327
Tags: lf_29087

Meaning: pavilion
Hanzi: 亭
Story: Pavilion that looks like a tall tiara being sustained by spikes.
Pinyin: tíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 328
Tags: lf_20141

Meaning: shiny
Hanzi: 亮
Story: A TALL, SHINY crown is so SUPERFLUOUS!
Pinyin: liàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 329
Tags: lf_20142

Meaning: capital
Hanzi: 京
Story: Beijing, capital of China: tall buildings, small people.
Pinyin: jīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 330
Tags: lf_20140

Meaning: scenery
Hanzi: 景
Story: Imaging the sun rising over the capital--classic postcard scenery.
Pinyin: jǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 331
Tags: lf_26223

Meaning: at once
Hanzi: 就
Story: In the capital they have hearings concerning bioengineering and if it should be stopped at once. They call as their first witness a chihuahua with one human leg.
Pinyin: jiù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 332
Tags: lf_23601

Meaning: circumference
Hanzi: 周
Story: If my LIDDED CROCK has the same CIRCUMFERENCE as my head, I like to use it as a HELMET.
Pinyin: zhōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 333
Tags: lf_21608

Meaning: soldier
Hanzi: 士
Story: What a handsome soldier. Standing up so straight, and broad shoulders too!! He's like a modern samurai!
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 334
Tags: lf_22763

Meaning: lucky
Hanzi: 吉
Story: If a samurai gives you a kiss (mouth) instead of slicing you, then consider it lucky...
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 335
Tags: lf_21513

Meaning: robust
Hanzi: 壮
Story: The image is a robust green bulging-muscle cartoon turtle. A TMNT with hachimaki. turtle-samurai.
Pinyin: zhuàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 336
Tags: lf_22766

Meaning: study
Hanzi: 学
Story: In the schoolhouse there are kids always studying.
Pinyin: xué
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 337
Tags: lf_23398

Meaning: senses
Hanzi: 觉
Story: In the schoolhouse all senses are important, not only sight.
Pinyin: jué
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 338
Tags: lf_35273

Meaning: attack
Hanzi: 攻
Story: To attack is common work for any decent taskmaster.
Pinyin: gōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 339
Tags: lf_25915

Meaning: enemy
Hanzi: 敌
Story: If a student sticks their tongue out at the taskmaster they will be his enemy for life.
Pinyin: dí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 340
Tags: lf_25932

Meaning: fail
Hanzi: 败
Story: The taskmaster has a talk with the failed shellfish about his earlier defeat.
Pinyin: bài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 341
Tags: lf_36133

Meaning: deliberately
Hanzi: 故
Story: An ancient taskmaster likes to deliberately annoy his students by flicking their ears while they try to work.
Pinyin: gù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 342
Tags: lf_25925

Meaning: rescue
Hanzi: 救
Story: Someone looks skyward and makes a request for rescue from this horrible taskmaster...
Pinyin: jiù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 343
Tags: lf_25937

Meaning: revere
Hanzi: 敬
Story: The flowery phrases of the taskmaster lead you to revere him.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 344
Tags: lf_25964

Meaning: spacious
Hanzi: 敞
Story: A highly esteemed taskmaster has a spacious home to live out of.
Pinyin: chǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 345
Tags: lf_25950

Meaning: say
Hanzi: 言
Story: A pictogram of someone with a top hat saying a four letter word from their mouth after the censors have gotten a hold of it.
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 346
Tags: lf_35328

Meaning: police
Hanzi: 警
Story: We revere the police with our sayings
Pinyin: jǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 347
Tags: lf_35686

Meaning: plan
Hanzi: 计
Story: If you are good enough you can describe a plan without saying more than ten words.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 348
Tags: lf_35745

Meaning: yield
Hanzi: 让
Story: You stop what you're doing and yield only to your master's words.
Pinyin: ràng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 349
Tags: lf_35753

Meaning: prison
Hanzi: 狱
Story: Prison is made up of the hardened wild dogs (prisoners) and frightened chihuahua's (the guards). Here they are having a word with each other.
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 350
Tags: lf_29425

Meaning: condemn
Hanzi: 讨
Story: Words of condemnation can stick in your memory like glue.
Pinyin: tǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 351
Tags: lf_35752

Meaning: instructions
Hanzi: 训
Story: Instructions are a stream of words telling you what to do.
Pinyin: xùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 352
Tags: lf_35757

Meaning: knowledge
Hanzi: 识
Story: Knowledge is not only words but an abstract object that sits in your memory.
Pinyin: shí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 353
Tags: lf_35782

Meaning: talk
Hanzi: 话
Story: Your tongue allows you to say words and thereby talk to people.
Pinyin: huà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 354
Tags: lf_35805

Meaning: poem
Hanzi: 诗
Story: At this buddhist temple the most popular way to word something is in the form of a poem.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 355
Tags: lf_35799

Meaning: language
Hanzi: 语
Story: If you have at least five mouths that can say the same words then you have a language.
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 356
Tags: lf_35821

Meaning: tune
Hanzi: 调
Story: A tune is words that do circles in your head throughout the day.
Pinyin: diào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 357
Tags: lf_35843

Meaning: discuss
Hanzi: 谈
Story: Inflammed words can quickly turn into a serious discussion.
Pinyin: tán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 358
Tags: lf_35848

Meaning: style
Hanzi: 式
Story: Each Indian tribe works to craft their arrows in a certain style..
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 359
Tags: lf_24335

Meaning: test
Hanzi: 试
Story: Your style of writing is your test.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 360
Tags: lf_35797

Meaning: halberd
Hanzi: 戈
Story: A halberd is like an arrow with a big blade attached to it.
Pinyin: gē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 361
Tags: lf_25096

Meaning: war
Hanzi: 战
Story: The fortune-teller predicts war.
Pinyin: zhàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 362
Tags: lf_25112

Meaning: scratch
Hanzi: 划
Story: This is a child's birthday fiesta where the children pretend they are pirates and their plastic swords are paddles for the boat.
Pinyin: huá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 363
Tags: lf_21010

Meaning: or
Hanzi: 或
Story: "A certain drunken mouth is on the floor at the fiesta moaning ""Oooooor maybe it wasn't a good ideaaaaaaaaa.""."
Pinyin: huò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 364
Tags: lf_25110

Meaning: burglar
Hanzi: 贼
Story: Burglars just want shells to buy needles/drugs and go to fiestas.
Pinyin: zéi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 365
Tags: lf_36156

Meaning: laden
Hanzi: 载
Story: Here we have a cart laden with a load of dirt traveling to the fiesta to create a nice garden for it.
Pinyin: zài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 366
Tags: lf_36733

Meaning: lush
Hanzi: 茂
Story: The gay parade looks astonishing, lush with overgrown flowers.
Pinyin: mào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 367
Tags: lf_33538

Meaning: turn into
Hanzi: 成
Story: It only takes a single stroke of a dagger for a parade to turn into a bloodbath.
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 368
Tags: lf_25104

Meaning: city
Hanzi: 城
Story: The soil city is just the soil that was turned into a city.
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 369
Tags: lf_22478

Meaning: sincere
Hanzi: 诚
Story: Words can turn into acts of sincerity (sincere).
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 370
Tags: lf_35802

Meaning: might
Hanzi: 威
Story: The march of women - against intimidation in the workplace - is pretty mighty in itself!
Pinyin: wēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 371
Tags: lf_23041

Meaning: salty
Hanzi: 咸
Story: One mouth always taste tests the food at the fiesta to make sure it's not too salty for everybody.
Pinyin: xián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 372
Tags: lf_21688

Meaning: coin
Hanzi: 钱
Story: The Japanese have the only gold coins which can actually float.
Pinyin: qián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 373
Tags: lf_38065

Meaning: shallow
Hanzi: 浅
Story: The water can't be too SHALLOW if you expect to float.
Pinyin: qiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 374
Tags: lf_27973

Meaning: cheap
Hanzi: 贱
Story: These days a little rubber float is very cheap, i.e. doesn't cost a lot of shells.
Pinyin: jiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 375
Tags: lf_36145

Meaning: yao
Hanzi: 尧
Story: Here is the famous Chinese sage king Yao with his halberd and human legs. I like to imagine Yao as a master javelin thrower.
Image: yáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 376

Meaning: fever
Hanzi: 烧
Story: A javelin thrower gets fired up from losing a competition and gets a fever from emotional anxiety.
Pinyin: shāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 377
Tags: lf_28903

Meaning: dawn
Hanzi: 晓
Story: King Yao the javelin thrower wakes up at dawn to practice everyday.
Pinyin: xiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 378
Tags: lf_26195

Meaning: stop
Hanzi: 止
Story: If you find in the ground a walking stick with a magic wand, STOP! Maybe it's some kind of macumba/black magic/voodoo bad thing.
Pinyin: zhǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 379
Tags: lf_27490

Meaning: footstep
Hanzi: 步
Story: While walking every few feet you stop your stride by putting your foot down. This is a footstep.
Pinyin: bù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 380
Tags: lf_27493

Meaning: ford
Hanzi: 涉
Story: Ford cars can do anything except walk (take footsteps on) water.
Pinyin: shè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 381
Tags: lf_28041

Meaning: repeatedly
Hanzi: 频
Story: I'm walking around saying the hanzi on this page repeatedly to try to remember them.
Pinyin: pín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 382
Tags: lf_39057

Meaning: agree
Hanzi: 肯
Story: A secret agreement between a covert gov't agency and alien states to stop stepping foot on the moon again in return for alien technology.
Pinyin: kěn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 383
Tags: lf_32943

Meaning: look forward to
Hanzi: 企
Story: Mary Poppins floated down with her umbrella to undertake the job of stopping the children's misbehaving. The kids have nothing to look forward to now.
Pinyin: qǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 384
Tags: lf_20225

Meaning: military
Hanzi: 武
Story: ONE ARROW can STOP a warrior. Even one from the military.
Pinyin: wǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 385
Tags: lf_27494

Meaning: levy
Hanzi: 赋
Story: A military clam collects the levy at the bridge entrance.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 386
Tags: lf_36171

Meaning: correct
Hanzi: 正
Story: If you do it correct on attempt number one you can stop.
Pinyin: zhèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 387
Tags: lf_27491

Meaning: evidence
Hanzi: 证
Story: Correct words can serve as evidence in court.
Pinyin: zhèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 388
Tags: lf_35777

Meaning: politics
Hanzi: 政
Story: Those involved in politics are always trying to elect the correct taskmaster.
Pinyin: zhèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 389
Tags: lf_25919

Meaning: settle on
Hanzi: 定
Story: In The Karate Kid, the boy must settle on (decide to) proving his determination by MENDING his teacher's HOUSE in various ways.
Pinyin: dìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 390
Tags: lf_23450

Meaning: walk
Hanzi: 走
Story: If you walk ten miles, you will need to mend your socks!
Pinyin: zǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 391
Tags: lf_36208

Meaning: transcend
Hanzi: 超
Story: A successful marathon walker needs to be able to transcend seductions which try to summon him, such as the possibility of rest, shelter from the rain, or a cold beer.
Pinyin: chāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 392
Tags: lf_36229

Meaning: surpass
Hanzi: 越
Story: The person in charge of running (walk) the parade surpassed all our expectations (by just a extra drop...).
Pinyin: yuè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 393
Tags: lf_36234

Meaning: be
Hanzi: 是
Story: It just so happens that sunshine can be the mender of your gloomy spirits.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 394
Tags: lf_26159

Meaning: topic
Hanzi: 题
Story: The topic is always at the top of the page.
Pinyin: tí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 395
Tags: lf_39064

Meaning: prolong
Hanzi: 延
Story: Stretching correctly prolongs life. Even the top part of 正 is stretching...
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 396
Tags: lf_24310

Meaning: nativity
Hanzi: 诞
Story: During nativity a woman screams prolonged words.
Pinyin: dàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 397
Tags: lf_35806

Meaning: build
Hanzi: 建
Story: Build is easy to remember if you can remember that architects have two steps in building. 1. Take a brush and brush out the blueprints. 2. Get a visual image of the blueprints all rolled up like they usually are. The second step is easy, it's just the architect stretching out the blueprints and showing it to his clients.
Pinyin: jiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 398
Tags: lf_24314

Meaning: clear
Hanzi: 楚
Story: To mend the woods you need a clear view from a helicopter to make your plans.
Pinyin: chǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 399
Tags: lf_26970

Meaning: clothing
Hanzi: 衣
Story: The only clothing allowed in this club are top hat and scarf.
Pinyin: yī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 400
Tags: lf_34915

Meaning: tailor
Hanzi: 裁
Story: The tailor was hard at work making sure all the pilgrims were dressed in their best clothing for thanksgiving.
Pinyin: cái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 401
Tags: lf_35009

Meaning: attire
Hanzi: 装
Story: The turtle samurai needs special clothing for his attire since his body is much more robust than others.
Pinyin: zhuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 402
Tags: lf_35013

Meaning: grief
Hanzi: 哀
Story: One of my friends with a crazy sense of clothing loves to wear a top hat and a scarf so that you can't see his whole face but only his mouth. He thinks it's cool so no one will give him any grief.
Pinyin: āi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 403
Tags: lf_21696

Meaning: yuan
Hanzi: 袁
Story: I put all of my yuan in my lidded-crock and wrap it in scarfs to make sure it looks inconspicuous. Note: this character is used for names not money.
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 404
Tags: lf_34945

Meaning: elementary
Hanzi: 初
Story: "This is the first time we've been out of the Shire, Mr. Frodo!"" Says Sam, fresh out of elementary school covering himself with his cloak and clutching his dagger."
Pinyin: chū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 405
Tags: lf_21021

Meaning: patch
Hanzi: 补
Story: Patching a cloak together with a magic wand is a breeze.  That's why a magician only needs one cloak.
Pinyin: bǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 406
Tags: lf_34917

Meaning: inner garments
Hanzi: 衬
Story: Your inner garments are glued to your body by your cloak.
Pinyin: chèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 407
Tags: lf_34924

Meaning: agriculture
Hanzi: 农
Story: People who work in agriculture have a top hat for sun protection and a scarf to wipe the sweat away.
Pinyin: nóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 408
Tags: lf_20892

Meaning: concentrated
Hanzi: 浓
Story: Concentrated water will be the key to an agricultural revolution.
Pinyin: nóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 409
Tags: lf_27987

Meaning: towel
Hanzi: 巾
Story: If it looks like a towel, speaks like a towel and walks like a towel...
Pinyin: jīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 410
Tags: lf_24062

Meaning: commander
Hanzi: 帅
Story: A true commander holds up his sword and never throws in the towel!
Pinyin: shuài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 411
Tags: lf_24069

Meaning: teacher
Hanzi: 师
Story: A teacher is like a commander inside under a ceiling.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 412
Tags: lf_24072

Meaning: lion
Hanzi: 狮
Story: The main subject for the wild dog teacher is how to avoid lions.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 413
Tags: lf_29422

Meaning: cloth
Hanzi: 布
Story: A matador holding his red linen cloth towel by his side.
Pinyin: bù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 414
Tags: lf_24067

Meaning: streamer
Hanzi: 帜
Story: To make cool streamers for your party you only need towels.
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 415
Tags: lf_24092

Meaning: hat
Hanzi: 帽
Story: If you wear a towel as a hat, you are at risk of being seized and searched in U.S. airports.
Pinyin: mào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 416
Tags: lf_24125

Meaning: curtain
Hanzi: 幕
Story: There is a graveyard outside my house that scares me, so I put a huge towel over the window to serve as a curtain so I can get a good nights sleep.
Pinyin: mù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 417
Tags: lf_24149

Meaning: cotton
Hanzi: 棉
Story: Before cotton is made into thread for Spiderman's white towels, it simply grows on a tree as raw cotton.
Pinyin: mián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 418
Tags: lf_26825

Meaning: market
Hanzi: 市
Story: My recurring nightmare: Walking through the market, and suddenly realizing that I'm wearing only a top hat...and a towel.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 419
Tags: lf_24066

Meaning: lungs
Hanzi: 肺
Story: The PART OF THE BODY most important if you work at a MARKET is your LUNGS so that you can shout out at the top of your voice to attract customers.
Pinyin: fèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 420
Tags: lf_32954

Meaning: sash
Hanzi: 带
Story: The top part looks like mountain except with the horizontal stroke going through the middle instead of the bottom of the three vertical strokes. The bottom half is a crown and a towel. Arachaeologist digging under the mountain in an ancient royal tomb discover what looks like a towel, but after they clean it up, they see it is actually a splendid royal sash for the kings's kimono.
Pinyin: dài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 421
Tags: lf_24102

Meaning: stagnant
Hanzi: 滞
Story: History of the first karate blackbelts: In those days, it was often difficult to find fresh, clean water, so samurai usually had to wash their sashes in stagnant puddles. The longer one had been studying martial arts, the older the sash on one's karate uniform and, therefore, the darker the color. So why weren't their karate uniforms black too? Never seen a ninja????
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 422
Tags: lf_28382

Meaning: thorn
Hanzi: 刺
Story: A TREE with a BELT wrapped around the middle. If you tighten the BELT, hundreds of tiny SABERS pop out of the tree in all directions, looking like THORNS.
Pinyin: cì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 423
Tags: lf_21050

Meaning: system
Hanzi: 制
Story: The system for making leather belts involves slicing up a cow with a sword.
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 424
Tags: lf_21046

Meaning: rain
Hanzi: 雨
Story: From the ceiling hangs a towel dripping four drops like RAIN.
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 425
Tags: lf_38632

Meaning: thunder
Hanzi: 雷
Story: If it's raining and you're standing in the middle of a rice field, you're sure to soon become acquainted with the thunder up close and personal.
Pinyin: léi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 426
Tags: lf_38647

Meaning: frost
Hanzi: 霜
Story: FROST is kind of an inter-weather where different types of weather interact with one another, phenomenon, something between rain, snow and freezing temp’s.
Pinyin: shuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 427
Tags: lf_38684

Meaning: cloud
Hanzi: 云
Story: Here we have two muscly arms rising like a cloud to display utter strength.
Pinyin: yún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 428
Tags: lf_20113

Meaning: carry
Hanzi: 运
Story: Carrying things down the road in a car is so easy it feels like you are floating around on a cloud.
Pinyin: yùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 429
Tags: lf_36816

Meaning: ice
Hanzi: 冰
Story: The kind of water we have here is obviously ice (left) water (right).
Pinyin: bīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 430
Tags: lf_20912

Meaning: situation
Hanzi: 况
Story: Being on thin ice is often the situation for a teenager.
Pinyin: kuàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 431
Tags: lf_20917

Meaning: collide
Hanzi: 冲
Story: You're likely to collide with someone if you are in the middle of an ice rink.
Pinyin: chōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 432
Tags: lf_20914

Meaning: reduce
Hanzi: 减
Story: This march of mouths (protest) is getting too violent and has to be reduced with ice guns.
Pinyin: jiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 433
Tags: lf_20943

Meaning: cool
Hanzi: 凉
Story: When you're a tourist in the capital during the heat of summer, getting an ice water is so cool and refreshing.
Pinyin: liáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 434
Tags: lf_20937

Meaning: winter
Hanzi: 冬
Story: Don't slip off your legs in winter, strap two skis to your feet.
Pinyin: dōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 435
Tags: lf_20908

Meaning: heavens
Hanzi: 天
Story: If you think of the sky as a ceiling above our heads, here you have the heavens as the largest ceiling you could ever imagine. As Heisig pointed out, nothing comes above the ceiling primitive thus the order of primitives is taken care of.
Pinyin: tiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 436
Tags: lf_22825

Meaning: wu
Hanzi: 吴
Story: when entering the mouth of the heavens, you are in total awe and say 'Wuuuuuuuuuuu....'
Pinyin: wú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 437
Tags: lf_21556

Meaning: amusement
Hanzi: 娱
Story: For her husband's amusement a woman cooks dinner which tastes like heaven in his mouth.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 438
Tags: lf_23089

Meaning: error
Hanzi: 误
Story: A common error is a friend with different taste in food telling you it will be like heaven in your mouth.
Pinyin: wù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 439
Tags: lf_35823

Meaning: die young
Hanzi: 夭
Story: When it comes to dogs, large ones die young. The slanted top stroke represents the dog falling over.
Image: yāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 440

Meaning: pretend
Hanzi: 乔
Story: For fun you pretend to use crutches and that you will die young.
Pinyin: jiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 441
Tags: lf_20052

Meaning: bridge
Hanzi: 桥
Story: When I used to pretend that tree logs were massive bridges.
Pinyin: qiáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 442
Tags: lf_26725

Meaning: attractive
Hanzi: 娇
Story: Of course an angel woman will be super attractive.
Pinyin: jiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 443
Tags: lf_23047

Meaning: standing up
Hanzi: 立
Story: A vase that has trouble standing up won't be a vase for long.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 444
Tags: lf_31435

Meaning: weep
Hanzi: 泣
Story: Guys have two ways of watering when they are standing, the less common one is crying/weeping.
Pinyin: qì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 445
Tags: lf_27875

Meaning: station
Hanzi: 站
Story: A characteristic of a station is the lack of usual facilities. Here we see a fortune teller with no crystal ball having to make do with a vase.
Pinyin: zhàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 446
Tags: lf_31449

Meaning: chapter
Hanzi: 章
Story: To finish the chapter before going to school you have to stand up (wake up) early.
Pinyin: zhāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 447
Tags: lf_31456

Meaning: compete
Hanzi: 竞
Story: Teenagers get bored and do stupid things. Here we have a teenager trying to compete with his friends to see who can hold his grandmother's vase on his head the longest.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 448
Tags: lf_31454

Meaning: sovereign
Hanzi: 帝
Story: The crazy sovereign stands up from his throne, wearing nothing but a crown and a towel. That's why they try to keep him locked up in the castle away from the public.
Pinyin: dì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 449
Tags: lf_24093

Meaning: juvenile
Hanzi: 童
Story: The juvenile stood up on top of his computer and broke it. Noob.
Pinyin: tóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 450
Tags: lf_31461

Meaning: salesman
Hanzi: 商
Story: The standing member at the top is a certain part of the body that all men have and it is approaching the hole between two legs (the hood) with extra marks to show they are fleshy - ie a womans legs. So this shows the oldest deal of all time - prostitution. The original salesman.
Pinyin: shāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 451
Tags: lf_21830

Meaning: drip
Hanzi: 滴
Story: DRIPS of WATER were collected in ANTIQUE VASES since the museum had a leaky roof.
Pinyin: dī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 452
Tags: lf_28404

Meaning: ancient spoon
Hanzi: 匕
Story: To remember the primitive meaning, picture someone sitting on the ground performing Seppuku...with an ancient spoon.
Image: bǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 453

Meaning: north
Hanzi: 北
Story: Two people sitting back to back in the cold north of China.
Pinyin: běi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 454
Tags: lf_21271

Meaning: back
Hanzi: 背
Story: If it's too cold in the north you might just bring your body right back!
Pinyin: bèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 455
Tags: lf_32972

Meaning: compare
Hanzi: 比
Story: A gay couple about to turn around to compare which role is better...
Pinyin: bǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 456
Tags: lf_27604

Meaning: descendants
Hanzi: 昆
Story: Grandparent spends all day comparing photos of their descendants.
Pinyin: kūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 457
Tags: lf_26118

Meaning: mix
Hanzi: 混
Story: People have to mix their fluids (have sex), in order to create descendants.
Pinyin: hùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 458
Tags: lf_28151

Meaning: all
Hanzi: 皆
Story: If you compare colors, you will find that white is produced from the mix of all the others.
Pinyin: jiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 459
Tags: lf_30342

Meaning: this (literary)
Hanzi: 此
Story: Stop, sit down, and have a spoon of this (literary) tasty stuff.
Pinyin: cǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 460
Tags: lf_27492

Meaning: somewhat
Hanzi: 些
Story: Those two tourists from my tour group are not even somewhat common-sensical. They never listen when the tour guide tries to explain this and that to them!
Pinyin: xiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 461
Tags: lf_20123

Meaning: it
Hanzi: 它
Story: At home your mother has a new recipe and holds a spoon up to you and says 'try it!'
Pinyin: tā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 462
Tags: lf_23427

Meaning: purpose
Hanzi: 旨
Story: Use a spoon for the purpose of eating a delicous hot fudge sun day. Duh..
Pinyin: zhǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 463
Tags: lf_26088

Meaning: grease
Hanzi: 脂
Story: Every chef will tell you, the purpose of keeping the fat and grease is to make the meat taste delicious.
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 464
Tags: lf_33026

Meaning: theory
Hanzi: 论
Story: The lifeguard preaches a theory of pool safety to the children but they listen to nothing he says.
Pinyin: lùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 465
Tags: lf_35770

Meaning: wheel
Hanzi: 轮
Story: The lifeguard enjoys work but doesn't make much money and the wheels are falling off of his car.
Pinyin: lún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 466
Tags: lf_36718

Meaning: every
Hanzi: 每
Story: Every good mother makes sure her child can lie down (goes to sleep) before she does.
Pinyin: měi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 467
Tags: lf_27599

Meaning: small plum
Hanzi: 梅
Story: The mother tree is the small plum tree.  Every other tree came from it.
Pinyin: méi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 468
Tags: lf_26757

Meaning: sea
Hanzi: 海
Story: Every drop of water will eventually return to the sea.
Pinyin: hǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 469
Tags: lf_28023

Meaning: beg
Hanzi: 乞
Story: Lying down, Captain Hook is begging to be spared from the ticking crocodile.
Pinyin: qǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 470
Tags: lf_20062

Meaning: eat
Hanzi: 吃
Story: "S... Si... S... Sir!"" the beggar's mouth stammers when appealing for something to eat."
Pinyin: chī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 471
Tags: lf_21507

Meaning: duplicate
Hanzi: 复
Story: For many people each day is a duplicate of the previous one - walk to work with your walking legs and then lie down and rest them with some sleep.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 472
Tags: lf_22797

Meaning: abdomen
Hanzi: 腹
Story: The only body part that doubles over is the abdomen.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 473
Tags: lf_33145

Meaning: lack
Hanzi: 欠
Story: To me, this hanzi looks like a person with two arms and two legs, but who lacks a head.
Pinyin: qiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 474
Tags: lf_27424

Meaning: blow
Hanzi: 吹
Story: Consider someone blowing bubbles with their mouth using their chewing gum because they're lacking attention in class.
Pinyin: chuī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 475
Tags: lf_21561

Meaning: song
Hanzi: 歌
Story: Can-Can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance.
Pinyin: gē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 476
Tags: lf_27468

Meaning: soft
Hanzi: 软
Story: Some cars look nice but lack softness when you get inside.
Pinyin: ruǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 477
Tags: lf_36719

Meaning: next
Hanzi: 次
Story: Is this store lacking ice? Let's try the next one, then.
Pinyin: cì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 478
Tags: lf_27425

Meaning: assets
Hanzi: 资
Story: The next best thing after shells (money) is assets.
Pinyin: zī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 479
Tags: lf_36164

Meaning: looks
Hanzi: 姿
Story: If a man is next to a beautiful woman he is likely to check out her figure and good looks!
Pinyin: zī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 480
Tags: lf_23039

Meaning: consult with
Hanzi: 咨
Story: Getting advice from the next mouth means you consult with someone else.
Pinyin: zī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 481
Tags: lf_21672

Meaning: compensate
Hanzi: 赔
Story: The super clam tries to compensate the clam companies to stop clam fishing but when they refuse he muzzles all humans to stop them from eating clams instead.
Pinyin: péi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 482
Tags: lf_36180

Meaning: cultivate
Hanzi: 培
Story: To cultivate the land is to tame it, control it. In short, you muzzle it's unruly, chaotic nature.
Pinyin: péi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 483
Tags: lf_22521

Meaning: sound
Hanzi: 音
Story: If you were standing on the sun, believe me, you'd be making sound.
Pinyin: yīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 484
Tags: lf_38899

Meaning: dark
Hanzi: 暗
Story: Picture the sun exploding - there would be a gigantic sound and then...nothing. Everything would plunge into darkness.
Pinyin: àn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 485
Tags: lf_26263

Meaning: rhyme
Hanzi: 韵
Story: American soldiers marching in uniform make sounds with rhymes.
Pinyin: yùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 486
Tags: lf_38901

Meaning: unexpectedly
Hanzi: 竟
Story: When you hear a sound unexpectedly you will quickly jump up on your walking legs.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 487
Tags: lf_31455

Meaning: mirror
Hanzi: 镜
Story: Imagine a spoiled girl who gets her parents to buy her a golden mirror so she can stand in front of it all day vainly admiring her lovely human legs.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 488
Tags: lf_38236

Meaning: boundary
Hanzi: 境
Story: In the dense cities of China even a small garden is a luxury. In this house, the owner has put mirrors on the boundary of his land so it feels much bigger.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 489
Tags: lf_22659

Meaning: deceased
Hanzi: 亡
Story: The top hat hanging on a hook belonged to the now deceased Charlie Chaplin.
Pinyin: wáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 490
Tags: lf_20129

Meaning: blind
Hanzi: 盲
Story: Deceased eyes are blind! Easy ;).
Pinyin: máng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 491
Tags: lf_30450

Meaning: absurd
Hanzi: 妄
Story: The delusional woman was carrying her deceased husband on her back despite how absurd it seemed.
Pinyin: wàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 492
Tags: lf_22916

Meaning: expect
Hanzi: 望
Story: You're dead meat, buddy, I expect to be king. It's my ambition
Pinyin: wàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 493
Tags: lf_26395

Meaning: direction
Hanzi: 方
Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.
Pinyin: fāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 494
Tags: lf_26041

Meaning: hinder
Hanzi: 妨
Story: When a beautiful woman comes my direction it hinders my thinking.
Pinyin: fáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 495
Tags: lf_22952

Meaning: release
Hanzi: 放
Story: Go in any direction away from your taskmaster when you are released.
Pinyin: fàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 496
Tags: lf_25918

Meaning: excite
Hanzi: 激
Story: After losing his favorite white compass the taskmaster was so excited when he finally found it and rushed to clean it off with water.
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 497
Tags: lf_28608

Meaning: side
Hanzi: 旁
Story: A good friend will stand by your side no matter the direction you go or the crown you salute.
Pinyin: páng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 498
Tags: lf_26049

Meaning: convert
Hanzi: 兑
Story: An innocent child soon converts into a devilish horny teenager.
Pinyin: duì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 499
Tags: lf_20817

Meaning: undress
Hanzi: 脱
Story: Horny teenager love to undress bodies.
Pinyin: tuō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 500
Tags: lf_33073

Meaning: speak
Hanzi: 说
Story: Sometimes the words people speak sound like they were inspired by the devil.
Pinyin: shuō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 501
Tags: lf_35828

Meaning: formerly
Hanzi: 曾
Story: Formerly this brain wasn't so horny. Now it sticks it tongue out at girls everywhere it goes.
Pinyin: zēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 502
Tags: lf_26366

Meaning: increase
Hanzi: 增
Story: Prices always increase for land that was formerly cheaper.
Pinyin: zēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 503
Tags: lf_22686

Meaning: make a present of
Hanzi: 赠
Story: After you make a present of something it represents money that was formerly yours.
Pinyin: zèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 504
Tags: lf_36192

Meaning: also
Hanzi: 也
Story: A scorpion can attack with it's pinchers but also it's tail!
Pinyin: yě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 505
Tags: lf_20063

Meaning: she
Hanzi: 她
Story: Any woman can act like a scorpion if she is mistreated.
Pinyin: tā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 506
Tags: lf_22905

Meaning: ground
Hanzi: 地
Story: In some places you have to watch the ground for scorpions.  They are like little land mines in the dirt.
Pinyin: dì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 507
Tags: lf_22320

Meaning: pond
Hanzi: 池
Story: Remember the story of the scorpion that begged the turtle for a ride across the pond? Halfway across the water, the scorpion stung the turtle on the neck and they both sank to the bottom.
Pinyin: chí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 508
Tags: lf_27744

Meaning: insect
Hanzi: 虫
Story: I see the bottom of this kanji as an arm, and the top is an insect biting into the arm, sucking some blood.
Pinyin: chóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 509
Tags: lf_34411

Meaning: shrimp
Hanzi: 虾
Story: Compared to normal sea creatures like fish, shrimp look like insects below the water.
Pinyin: xiā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 510
Tags: lf_34430

Meaning: alone
Hanzi: 独
Story: "The bachelor's apartment looked like it had been attacked by a pack of wild dogs. There were even insects in the kitchen. No wonder he is all alone, or as Chinese people say, he is ""single dog"". "
Pinyin: dú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 511
Tags: lf_29420

Meaning: although
Hanzi: 虽
Story: Although it seems nasty, a mouth full of insects can be good for you.
Pinyin: suī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 512
Tags: lf_34429

Meaning: serpent
Hanzi: 蛇
Story: A serpent eats insects outside while we eat in the house with a spoon.
Pinyin: shé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 513
Tags: lf_34503

Meaning: egg
Hanzi: 蛋
Story: At the zoo, most animals like to eat insect eggs as a snack and extra source of protein.
Pinyin: dàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 514
Tags: lf_34507

Meaning: self
Hanzi: 己
Story: "This kanji looks like the ""s"" of ""self"", looking at its own reflection in a mirror (reversed sideways), as if pondering about his ""self""."
Pinyin: jǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 515
Tags: lf_24049

Meaning: begin
Hanzi: 起
Story: Before you begin to walk through the jungle, make sure you have your strongest shoes because you might step on and rouse a sleeping snake.
Pinyin: qǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 516
Tags: lf_36215

Meaning: alter
Hanzi: 改
Story: The taskmaster wants to completely alter (reform) the school by himself.  He's not interested in anyone else's input.
Pinyin: gǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 517
Tags: lf_25913

Meaning: remember
Hanzi: 记
Story: To remember things I just say the same words to myself over and over. Oh wait, not I don't. I use mnemonics!
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 518
Tags: lf_35760

Meaning: already
Hanzi: 已
Story: This character would be the sign of the snake if the last stroke didn't stop short and end already.
Pinyin: yǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 519
Tags: lf_24050

Meaning: wrap
Hanzi: 包
Story: The snake bound up its prey by wrapping his body around it.
Pinyin: bāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 520
Tags: lf_21253

Meaning: bubbles
Hanzi: 泡
Story: When water forms bubbles, it wraps pockets of air.
Pinyin: pào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 521
Tags: lf_27873

Meaning: guide
Hanzi: 导
Story: Telling the size of a snake by measuring its snakeskin requires a guide.
Pinyin: dǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 522
Tags: lf_23548

Meaning: look back
Hanzi: 顾
Story: Snakeskin at the bottom of the desert cliff can allow us to look back in time to get more information about the snake. As long as we are genius scientists with big brains in our big heads of course.
Pinyin: gù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 523
Tags: lf_39038

Meaning: pursue
Hanzi: 逐
Story: Ms. Piggy is on the road trying to pursue a mate.
Pinyin: zhú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 524
Tags: lf_36880

Meaning: house
Hanzi: 家
Story: "Think of ""The Three Little Pigs"". There was a house made of straw, another made of sticks, and a third made of bricks, each occupied by a pig. So, naturally, housetop over pig means house, the central element of that story."
Pinyin: jiā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 525
Tags: lf_23478

Meaning: site
Hanzi: 场
Story: The birth site (place) of a piglet is usually just the ground.
Pinyin: chǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 526
Tags: lf_22330

Meaning: soup
Hanzi: 汤
Story: Piglet meat in water? Well that's called a delicious soup if you ask me!
Pinyin: tāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 527
Tags: lf_27748

Meaning: sheep
Hanzi: 羊
Story: Picture of a sheep run over by a steam roller. Must have been a ram, note the horns.
Pinyin: yáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 528
Tags: lf_32650

Meaning: beautiful
Hanzi: 美
Story: I guess this kanji proves it's not just the Welsh whose idea of beautiful is a large sheep.
Pinyin: měi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 529
Tags: lf_32654

Meaning: ocean
Hanzi: 洋
Story: This kanji refers to the waters of the Pasheephic ocean.
Pinyin: yáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 530
Tags: lf_27915

Meaning: fresh
Hanzi: 鲜
Story: Fish can be eaten fresh but a sheep needs more preparation.
Pinyin: xiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 531
Tags: lf_40092

Meaning: appearance
Hanzi: 样
Story: This sheep tries to hide its appearance from the wolf by standing behind the tree. Not a great strategy.
Pinyin: yàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 532
Tags: lf_26679

Meaning: orchid
Hanzi: 兰
Story: A skillful artist can take the wool and horns from a sheep and make it look like a three branch orchid.
Pinyin: lán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 533
Tags: lf_20848

Meaning: spoiled
Hanzi: 烂
Story: A chef thinks he's come up with a great idea - flavor food by cooking it with his orchid wood fire. Unfortunately his orchids get spoiled quickly so he has to get a fresh batch everyday.
Pinyin: làn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 534
Tags: lf_28866

Meaning: fall short of
Hanzi: 差
Story: Wool work in the factory can fall short of the clothing company standard, in which case it gets sent to the outlet shops.
Pinyin: chà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 535
Tags: lf_24046

Meaning: -ing
Hanzi: 着
Story: A pullover is donned by pull-ing sheep wool over your eyes.
Pinyin: zhe
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 536
Tags: lf_30528

Meaning: raise
Hanzi: 养
Story: Let me introduce you to the sheep I raised.
Pinyin: yǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 537
Tags: lf_20859

Meaning: gather
Hanzi: 集
Story: Hunter-gathers, searching all along the ground for food. They never look up and see the Turkeys that have gathered on top of the trees to hide. Those were some smart turkeys!
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 538
Tags: lf_38598

Meaning: standard
Hanzi: 准
Story: There's nothing more standard than a frozen turkey in the supermarket. And now it's standard that you're not allowed to buy more than one because of a turkey shortage!
Pinyin: zhǔn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 539
Tags: lf_20934

Meaning: who?
Hanzi: 谁
Story: If a turkey asks you where his friend is you will not understand his gobble talk and ask 'who?' lots of times.
Pinyin: shuí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 540
Tags: lf_35841

Meaning: vend
Hanzi: 售
Story: This is a weird farmers' vending machine which spits turkeys out of its mouth instead of snacks.
Pinyin: shòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 541
Tags: lf_21806

Meaning: noon
Hanzi: 午
Story: Noon is a good time for a ten minute nap (using lie down as nap).
Pinyin: wǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 542
Tags: lf_21320

Meaning: permit
Hanzi: 许
Story: At noon most people take a break from work, when permitted, for lunch and have a few words (a chat) with each other.
Pinyin: xǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 543
Tags: lf_35768

Meaning: feathers
Hanzi: 羽
Story: Pictograph of feathers. Easy enough.
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 544
Tags: lf_32701

Meaning: learn
Hanzi: 习
Story: This bird has only one wing because he is still young and has a lot to learn.
Pinyin: xí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 545
Tags: lf_20064

Meaning: soar
Hanzi: 翔
Story: If a sheep had feathers, it could soar.
Pinyin: xiáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 546
Tags: lf_32724

Meaning: trapped
Hanzi: 困
Story: My tree is trapped in a wooden enclosure for its own protection!
Pinyin: kùn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 547
Tags: lf_22256

Meaning: solid
Hanzi: 固
Story: Fossils are ancient solid things pent in that have hardened.
Pinyin: gù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 548
Tags: lf_22266

Meaning: country
Hanzi: 国
Story: In my country (England) the crown jewels are kept pent in in the Tower of London which happens to be where enemies of the state were once also pent-in (probably for trying to steal those jewels).
Pinyin: guó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 549
Tags: lf_22269

Meaning: round
Hanzi: 圆
Story: A pent in employee in a cubicle spends hours working for those little round things - coins.
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 550
Tags: lf_22278

Meaning: cause
Hanzi: 因
Story: We built a huge pen to cause our dog  to be pent in while giving him the freedom to be outside.
Pinyin: yīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 551
Tags: lf_22240

Meaning: smoke
Hanzi: 烟
Story: Fire always causes smoke.
Pinyin: yān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 552
Tags: lf_28895

Meaning: park
Hanzi: 园
Story: In the beginning a park is pent in with wooden fences to allow the grass and flowers to grow without people stepping on them
Pinyin: yuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 553
Tags: lf_22253

Meaning: return
Hanzi: 回
Story: When you return an item you ordered online you have to wrap it up in two boxes to make sure doesn't break and you get your refund.
Pinyin: huí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 554
Tags: lf_22238

Meaning: picture
Hanzi: 图
Story: This looks like a common framed picture on someone's wall of a beautiful winter scene.
Pinyin: tú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 555
Tags: lf_22270

Meaning: extensive
Hanzi: 广
Story: Living in a cliff house (or cave) gives you extensive space.
Pinyin: guǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 556
Tags: lf_24191

Meaning: store
Hanzi: 店
Story: Try to remember all those stores from Zelda that were inside caves and had fortune-teller like vendors.
Pinyin: diàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 557
Tags: lf_24215

Meaning: warehouse
Hanzi: 库
Story: A car warehouse is basically a cave with cars.
Pinyin: kù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 558
Tags: lf_24211

Meaning: trousers
Hanzi: 裤
Story: The most profitable type of clothing warehouse is for trousers. People often take there shirt off when it's hot but not there trousers or shorts.
Pinyin: kù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 559
Tags: lf_35044

Meaning: bed
Hanzi: 床
Story: The two safe places to sleep in the wilderness are in a tree and in a cave. So these can be considered as beds.
Pinyin: chuáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 560
Tags: lf_24202

Meaning: hemp
Hanzi: 麻
Story: (Image: while Batman is out, Robin is smokin' a huge doob in a secret corner of the Batcave where he nurtures his hemp grove).
Pinyin: má
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 561
Tags: lf_40635

Meaning: hamlet
Hanzi: 庄
Story: A hamlet is like a small village. Cavemen created there own hamlets in caves with soil as their building material.
Pinyin: zhuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 562
Tags: lf_24196

Meaning: heart
Hanzi: 心
Story: I hung the heart of my victim with a hook and three drops of blood spattered me.
Pinyin: xīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 563
Tags: lf_24515

Meaning: forget
Hanzi: 忘
Story: You only truly forget her when she has perished in your heart.
Pinyin: wàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 564
Tags: lf_24536

Meaning: endure
Hanzi: 忍
Story: A ninja must be able to endure the pain of clinging to a ceiling, motionless, for hours at a time, waiting for just the right moment to drop down and thrust the blade of his sword into the hearts of his enemies. By the way, this character is used in the compound 忍者 (ninja) which is why I choose to use ninja as its primitive meaning.
Pinyin: rěn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 565
Tags: lf_24525

Meaning: attitude
Hanzi: 态
Story: An overly big heart will create a great attitude in someone.
Pinyin: tài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 567
Tags: lf_24577

Meaning: aspiration
Hanzi: 志
Story: A soldier's aspirations always come from the heart.
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 568
Tags: lf_24535

Meaning: consider
Hanzi: 思
Story: Consider things with your brain NOT your heart.
Pinyin: sī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 569
Tags: lf_24605

Meaning: kindness
Hanzi: 恩
Story: Adopting a big dog pent up in a small cage will cause a warm feeling of kindness in your heart!
Pinyin: ēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 570
Tags: lf_24681

Meaning: wish
Hanzi: 愿
Story: In the bottom of my heart my wish is to live a peaceful life in the flatlands.
Pinyin: yuàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 571
Tags: lf_24895

Meaning: idea
Hanzi: 意
Story: When you get a good IDEA you get excited and you can hear the SOUND of your HEART, it's pounding so hard.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 572
Tags: lf_24847

Meaning: think
Hanzi: 想
Story: If you love one another with all your heart you have to think similarly.
Pinyin: xiǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 573
Tags: lf_24819

Meaning: breath
Hanzi: 息
Story: Your breath brings oxygen in through your nose which is then pumped around your body by your heart.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 574
Tags: lf_24687

Meaning: fear
Hanzi: 恐
Story: "If your heart surgeon is ordinary (mediocre) in his work, you have plenty of reason to fear. (""Oops, I think I left my scissors in there"")."
Pinyin: kǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 575
Tags: lf_24656

Meaning: feel
Hanzi: 感
Story: Emotion is a march of mouths inside your heart telling you what to feel.
Pinyin: gǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 576
Tags: lf_24863

Meaning: regret
Hanzi: 憾
Story: Regret is the state of mind where I feel bad for what I did while I was tired and feeling emotional!
Pinyin: hàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 577
Tags: lf_25022

Meaning: worried
Hanzi: 忧
Story: A chihuahua is a small little dog which gets a worried state of mind easily.
Pinyin: yōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 578
Tags: lf_24551

Meaning: startled
Hanzi: 惊
Story: When seeing the huge buildings in the capitol for the first time your state of mind is completely startled.
Pinyin: jīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 579
Tags: lf_24778

Meaning: dread
Hanzi: 怕
Story: Your state of mind when you see a white ghost is pure dread!
Pinyin: pà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 580
Tags: lf_24597

Meaning: busy
Hanzi: 忙
Story: "Busy (as in ""occupied"") means a state of mind where all other thoughts are perished."
Pinyin: máng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 581
Tags: lf_24537

Meaning: accustomed to
Hanzi: 惯
Story: Monks have become accustomed to all piercing states of mind and are at peace.
Pinyin: guàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 582
Tags: lf_24815

Meaning: certainly
Hanzi: 必
Story: You swear you'll be in love forever, but certainly there comes a time when your heart is divided.
Pinyin: bì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 583
Tags: lf_24517

Meaning: hand
Hanzi: 手
Story: This pictograph actually really works if you look at it as a hand with fingers spread and middle finger pointing down. see the very top stroke as the edge of a shirt cuff, and it will all come together.
Pinyin: shǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 584
Tags: lf_25163

Meaning: look at
Hanzi: 看
Story: It's a hot day of summer with a clear sky, you're sitting outside a cafe (or maybe on a reclining chair in the garden), and you look at the kids with a hand covering your eyes from the sunlight (next time, don't forget the sunglasses).
Pinyin: kàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 585
Tags: lf_30475

Meaning: rub
Hanzi: 摩
Story: If you grind the hemp without a stone but use your hand instead it will chafe. Then you'll rub your head and say 'why did I do that?'
Pinyin: mó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 586
Tags: lf_25705

Meaning: hold
Hanzi: 拿
Story: If you can fit your hand around something you can probably hold it.
Pinyin: ná
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 587
Tags: lf_25343

Meaning: i
Hanzi: 我
Story: "I have a huge ego is too good for any romantic partner and as such has nothing but personal ""hand fiestas"" with himself every night."
Pinyin: wǒ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 588
Tags: lf_25105

Meaning: embrace
Hanzi: 抱
Story: "When you embrace someone, wrap your fingers around her butt for added effect. You may think of ""bound with snakes"" as a description of the fingers slithering around the buttocks, if you want a particularly graphic image."
Pinyin: bào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 589
Tags: lf_25265

Meaning: combat
Hanzi: 抗
Story: "Gandalf combats the evil beast, shouting ""you shall not pass!"". He holds up a single finger and sends forth a whirlwind."
Pinyin: kàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 590
Tags: lf_25239

Meaning: criticize
Hanzi: 批
Story: When I criticized her it earned me the FINGER when I COMPARED her cooking to my mother's.
Pinyin: pī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 591
Tags: lf_25209

Meaning: beckon
Hanzi: 招
Story: A beautiful woman beckons you with her index finger, and as you approach she runs her fingers all over her body in an attempt to summon (seduce) you.
Pinyin: zhāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 592
Tags: lf_25307

Meaning: strike
Hanzi: 打
Story: "You're using a hammer to drive a nail into a plank, but you miss and strike your fingers, ouch ! PS: the character does not mean ""to go on strike"", it will be very helpful in the long run to create images that convey the proper sense of the character!"
Pinyin: dǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 593
Tags: lf_25171

Meaning: finger
Hanzi: 指
Story: When you eat something delicious your fingers are used for the purpose of enjoying every last drop.  That's why people lick their fingers at the end.
Pinyin: zhǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 594
Tags: lf_25351

Meaning: support
Hanzi: 持
Story: At the BUDDHIST TEMPLE you'll see wonderous things, such as the monk that can support himself upside down with just a FINGER.
Pinyin: chí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 595
Tags: lf_25345

Meaning: assume
Hanzi: 担
Story: At nightbreak you assume your friends want to hang out so your fingers start to write messages on your phone to your friends.
Pinyin: dān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 596
Tags: lf_25285

Meaning: include
Hanzi: 括
Story: "The teacher was always telling us to fasten our lips by pulling a zipper shut with her fingers.  She would tell us to make sure we poke our tongues inside our mouths before zippering shut.  If anyone wasn't zipping she'd say ""and that includes you!"" "
Pinyin: kuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 597
Tags: lf_25324

Meaning: bring up
Hanzi: 提
Story: When you bring up a new topic fingers can be useful by complementing your words with gestures.
Pinyin: tí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 598
Tags: lf_25552

Meaning: brandish
Hanzi: 挥
Story: A military leader in a chariot is brandishing his finger at the enemy screaming 'chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargeeeee!'
Pinyin: huī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 599
Tags: lf_25381

Meaning: push
Hanzi: 推
Story: Don't push a turkey too hard with your fingers, or it might just push or peck you back!
Pinyin: tuī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 600
Tags: lf_25512

Meaning: stir
Hanzi: 搅
Story: I finally came to my senses when I decided to use my fingers to stir the cake mix with a wooden spoon instead of a little metal one.
Pinyin: jiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 601
Tags: lf_25605

Meaning: clench
Hanzi: 执
Story: I clench my bottle of pills with my fingers instead of putting them in my pocket to make extra sure they are safe.
Pinyin: zhí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 602
Tags: lf_25191

Meaning: heat
Hanzi: 热
Story: The heat from the cooking fire made my hands clench when it got a bit too strong.
Pinyin: rè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 603
Tags: lf_28909

Meaning: welcome
Hanzi: 接
Story: A pervert meets a woman. The pervert tries to touch the women with his lustful fingers as a welcome. The woman takes a vase, lifts it over her head and smashes it on the pervert's head...
Pinyin: jiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 604
Tags: lf_25509

Meaning: hang
Hanzi: 挂
Story: Children like to hang down from the tops of brick ivy walls with their fingers gripping the edge.
Pinyin: guà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 605
Tags: lf_25346

Meaning: press down on
Hanzi: 按
Story: Think of shiatsu. You press down on someone with your fingers to help them relax and feel peaceful.
Pinyin: àn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 606
Tags: lf_25353

Meaning: drop
Hanzi: 掉
Story: The eminent statistician raises his index finger in the air when he's dropping deep points in the lecture.
Pinyin: diào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 607
Tags: lf_25481

Meaning: pull
Hanzi: 拉
Story: He quickly pulled his fingers out of the vase. Maybe no one noticed the attempt to steal the cookies...
Pinyin: lā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 608
Tags: lf_25289

Meaning: !!
Hanzi: 啦
Story: Exclamatory sentences are said to force the attention of the listener like you are standing up next to someone and grabbing their ear with your fingers and speaking into it!!
Pinyin: la
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 609
Tags: lf_21862

Meaning: look for
Hanzi: 找
Story: My greedy little fingers are always trying to look for the next snack at the fiesta.
Pinyin: zhǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 610
Tags: lf_25214

Meaning: nothing
Hanzi: 无
Story: One Frankenpooch is better than nothing.
Pinyin: wú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 611
Tags: lf_26080

Meaning: comfort
Hanzi: 抚
Story: If my fingers have nothing in them then there is no work to do and I'm relaxing on a comfortable chair.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 612
Tags: lf_25242

Meaning: open
Hanzi: 开
Story: Here we have two hands opening a gate.
Pinyin: kāi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 613
Tags: lf_24320

Meaning: grind away
Hanzi: 研
Story: A stone and two hands which grind away at it when trying to make a sculpture.
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 614
Tags: lf_30740

Meaning: play with
Hanzi: 弄
Story: The king uses two hands to play with himself in his spare time.
Pinyin: nòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 615
Tags: lf_24324

Meaning: different
Hanzi: 异
Story: I picked up the snakeskin with my two hands and noticed it looked different, like a new breed of rattlesnake.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 616
Tags: lf_24322

Meaning: nose
Hanzi: 鼻
Story: An Egyptian embalmer reaching two hands into the dead pharaoh's nose nostrils and yanking out handfuls of brain.
Pinyin: bí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 617
Tags: lf_40763

Meaning: punishment
Hanzi: 刑
Story: This hanzi is for severe punishment. A man has his shackled two hands placed on a wood block and they're chopped off with a saber. No more stealing bread in the Middle East...
Pinyin: xíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 618
Tags: lf_21009

Meaning: mold
Hanzi: 型
Story: After being punished with a beating the criminal was face down on the ground leaving a mold of his position after the police came to get him.
Pinyin: xíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 619
Tags: lf_22411

Meaning: genius
Hanzi: 才
Story: "Spinal tap: ""Every other band's amps go to ten. But you see my extra stroke of genius - these go to eleven.""."
Pinyin: cái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 620
Tags: lf_25165

Meaning: riches
Hanzi: 财
Story: A genius with clams will of course have many riches.
Pinyin: cái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 621
Tags: lf_36130

Meaning: troupe
Hanzi: 团
Story: A genie is isolated pent in inside a lamp from the troupe of people it serves.
Pinyin: tuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 622
Tags: lf_22242

Meaning: deposit
Hanzi: 存
Story: You don't trust banks so you deposit money in a bottle and hide it at home for your kid to use when she is older.
Pinyin: cún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 623
Tags: lf_23384

Meaning: at
Hanzi: 在
Story: At the center of the bottle a genie does exist but you need to dig deep into the soil to find one.
Pinyin: zài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 624
Tags: lf_22312

Meaning: only then
Hanzi: 乃
Story: When you get the thumbs up from your partner - only then can you proceed.
Pinyin: nǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 625
Tags: lf_20035

Meaning: milk
Hanzi: 奶
Story: A baby needs to get milk first from its woman mother. Only then can it move on to store bought milk.
Pinyin: nǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 626
Tags: lf_22902

Meaning: catch up with
Hanzi: 及
Story: I like to think of this as a fist with with brass knuckles because of the extra line. An old school thug reaches out to help you up but then with his other hand ( with the brass knuckles) punches you. You run away and he tries to catch up with you.
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 627
Tags: lf_21450

Meaning: inhale
Hanzi: 吸
Story: You try to catch up with your skinny friend but lose your breath and now it's hard to inhale so you have to use your nose and mouth at the same time to suck in air.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 628
Tags: lf_21560

Meaning: extreme
Hanzi: 极
Story: The more extreme children climb trees and use their hands to swing from branches and catch up with each other.
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 629
Tags: lf_26497

Meaning: history
Hanzi: 史
Story: I sleep in history class with my mouth tucked under the arm.
Pinyin: shǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 630
Tags: lf_21490

Meaning: even more
Hanzi: 更
Story: It's starting to grow late and get even more dark, so God will take the sun, and tuck it under his arm, and walk away. In the morning, he'll bring it back, so don't worry.
Pinyin: gèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 631
Tags: lf_26356

Meaning: hard
Hanzi: 硬
Story: Make a hard (strong) cocktail even more tasty by adding some rocks.
Pinyin: yìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 632
Tags: lf_30828

Meaning: again
Hanzi: 又
Story: This looks like a crotch which is a part of the mans body which receives attention again and again.
Pinyin: yòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 633
Tags: lf_21448

Meaning: holy
Hanzi: 圣
Story: The crotch is like the holy land of the human body.
Pinyin: shèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 634
Tags: lf_22307

Meaning: friend
Hanzi: 友
Story: A good friend is always at your side, a right-hand man. ---- I teach at a Chinese High School, and I often see chummy male students grabbing each other's crotches in a joking manner. It's still weird to me, but apparently reaching to your side and grabbing you neighbor's crotch is a great way to express friendship.
Pinyin: yǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 635
Tags: lf_21451

Meaning: pair
Hanzi: 双
Story: The animals boarding Noah's Ark all came in pairs – but Noah had to carefully check the two crotches in each pair to ensure that the animals were of different sexes and thus able to further their species after the flood.
Pinyin: shuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 636
Tags: lf_21452

Meaning: han
Hanzi: 汉
Story: If you want to be a real Han Chinese you have to be able to hold water in you without letting any drops fall out of your crotch for a long time.
Pinyin: hàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 637
Tags: lf_27721

Meaning: frolic
Hanzi: 戏
Story: At the crotch fiesta people just frolic around and grab each other's crotches for fun.
Pinyin: xì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 638
Tags: lf_25103

Meaning: observe
Hanzi: 观
Story: You see crotches when you observe porn.
Pinyin: guān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 639
Tags: lf_35266

Meaning: joyous
Hanzi: 欢
Story: If she yawns then your crotch is not making your wife feel joyous.
Pinyin: huān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 640
Tags: lf_27426

Meaning: peculiar
Hanzi: 怪
Story: "You have a ""that's peculiar"" state of mind when you see toilet rolls on the floor when you come home.  Maybe someone has a stomach virus.  "
Pinyin: guài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 641
Tags: lf_24618

Meaning: that's right
Hanzi: 对
Story: That's right! I would never glue anything to my crotch!
Pinyin: duì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 642
Tags: lf_23545

Meaning: timber
Hanzi: 树
Story: The hippies have glued their crotches to the timber trees in attempts to save them.
Pinyin: shù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 643
Tags: lf_26641

Meaning: difficult
Hanzi: 难
Story: The turkey is difficult to find because his right hand man is always keeps him safe and out of sight.
Pinyin: nán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 644
Tags: lf_38590

Meaning: vendor's stand
Hanzi: 摊
Story: The most difficult part of working at a vendor's stand is making sure not to make mistakes with your fingers while typing in prices.
Pinyin: tān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 645
Tags: lf_25674

Meaning: throw
Hanzi: 投
Story: Well, you usually use your fingers to throw objects used as missile weapons. Easy. By the way, for those of you looking for a less anachronistic image for the missile primitive as a modern rocket, try a slingshot. it's a crotch (originally a tree branch) that sends missile projectiles flying into/like the wind. And for this present kanji, it is something you naturally use with your fingers...
Pinyin: tóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 646
Tags: lf_25237

Meaning: not have
Hanzi: 没
Story: Water is rapidly entering the boat because it was hit by a missile. The crew does not have a chance!
Pinyin: méi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 647
Tags: lf_27809

Meaning: establish
Hanzi: 设
Story: There are two ways you can attack an establishment - with your words or missiles.
Pinyin: shè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 648
Tags: lf_35774

Meaning: thigh
Hanzi: 股
Story: Where's my flesh missile? Between my thighs, naturally...
Pinyin: gǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 649
Tags: lf_32929

Meaning: offshoot
Hanzi: 支
Story: Picture sliding down the branch (offshoot) of a tree (in this case a pine tree or any tree with needles) and getting a bunch of needles stuck in your crotch--ouch!!
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 650
Tags: lf_25903

Meaning: skill
Hanzi: 技
Story: Your fingers grasp a branch so you can show off your fencing skills to your friends safely.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 651
Tags: lf_25216

Meaning: branch
Hanzi: 枝
Story: The tree's primary branch is known as the bough.
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 652
Tags: lf_26525

Meaning: uncle
Hanzi: 叔
Story: Oh come on people - say what we've all been thinking: the uncle is that creepy guy towering above little one's crotches.
Pinyin: shū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 653
Tags: lf_21460

Meaning: superintend
Hanzi: 督
Story: The creepy uncle volunteers as a gymnastics coach so he can superintend and eye the team from below.
Pinyin: dū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 654
Tags: lf_30563

Meaning: lonely
Hanzi: 寂
Story: The unmarried uncle's house is a lonely picture.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 655
Tags: lf_23490

Meaning: against
Hanzi: 反
Story: I think of an anti-hero (Dirty Harry etc.) for this primitive, whose trademark for going against villians is not an honorable fight, but a kick in the crotch and then drag him off a cliff (perhaps whilst the villain's back is turned).
Pinyin: fǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 656
Tags: lf_21453

Meaning: plank
Hanzi: 板
Story: Of course, trees are against planks. Wouldn't you be if you were a tree?
Pinyin: bǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 657
Tags: lf_26495

Meaning: go back
Hanzi: 返
Story: If you're against each of the roads in front of you, you will need to return and go back on the road you are on.
Pinyin: fǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 658
Tags: lf_36820

Meaning: behind
Hanzi: 后
Story: This queen loves cursing with her mouth, especially the f word.
Pinyin: hòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 659
Tags: lf_21518

Meaning: quality
Hanzi: 质
Story: A shield made of shellfish would be considered high quality and expensive.
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 660
Tags: lf_36136

Meaning: faction
Hanzi: 派
Story: The zombie population became more diverse, separating into different factions. One of them being the water Zombies.
Pinyin: pài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 661
Tags: lf_27966

Meaning: music
Hanzi: 乐
Story: Drag your pen for a small distance on some staff paper to make musical notes. Do this a lot of times and you've made some music.
Pinyin: yuè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 662
Tags: lf_20048

Meaning: claw
Hanzi: 爪
Story: A pictograph of Wolverine's claws.
Pinyin: zhǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 663
Tags: lf_29226

Meaning: grab
Hanzi: 抓
Story: If you can't grab it with your fingers, just stab it with your claw.
Pinyin: zhuā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 664
Tags: lf_25235

Meaning: pick
Hanzi: 采
Story: Once a vulture grabs hold of a tree, it plucks some prey out of it.
Pinyin: cǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 665
Tags: lf_37319

Meaning: vegetable
Hanzi: 菜
Story: A vegetarian vulture is munching on a flower, perched on a tree, patiently waiting for a patch of vegetables to grow.
Pinyin: cài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 666
Tags: lf_33756

Meaning: accept
Hanzi: 受
Story: The birdhouse is the brothel which accepts any crotch.
Pinyin: shòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 667
Tags: lf_21463

Meaning: confer
Hanzi: 授
Story: "Please accept this finger,"" you say, conferring it to your yakuza boss."
Pinyin: shòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 668
Tags: lf_25480

Meaning: love
Hanzi: 爱
Story: Bird friends make lots of love in the birdhouse.
Pinyin: ài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 669
Tags: lf_29233

Meaning: (suffix)
Hanzi: 么
Story: An elbow drop comes after you get annoyed at someone just like a (suffix).
Pinyin: me
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 670
Tags: lf_20040

Meaning: grand
Hanzi: 雄
Story: Men walk with their elbows out from their sides in a weird turkey trot when they try to appear very grand and masculine. Think of a 70's pimp walk.
Pinyin: xióng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 671
Tags: lf_38596

Meaning: platform
Hanzi: 台
Story: When someone's elbow is above your mouth he/she is probably standing on a platform.
Pinyin: tái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 672
Tags: lf_21488

Meaning: govern
Hanzi: 治
Story: From his magical water platform Neptune governed his Sea Empire.
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 673
Tags: lf_27835

Meaning: commence
Hanzi: 始
Story: Many men, before they commence their relationship with the woman of their desires, place her on something of a pedestal (platform), which often leads to disappointment later on.
Pinyin: shǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 674
Tags: lf_22987

Meaning: go
Hanzi: 去
Story: "Going, going, GONE!"", said the gravedigger as he shoveled soil onto the body's protruding elbow (the last bit left to cover)."
Pinyin: qù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 675
Tags: lf_21435

Meaning: method
Hanzi: 法
Story: Using a very outdated judicial method, the people of Salem dunked accused witches in the water until they were all gone.
Pinyin: fǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 676
Tags: lf_27861

Meaning: meeting
Hanzi: 会
Story: At the local company they have a very gory way of getting rid of incompetent personnel : they arrange a business meeting in a very special room where the walls are ... meeting. Not surprisingly the boss is never present at these meetings, he's the one who pushes the button that sets the walls in motion.
Pinyin: huì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 677
Tags: lf_20250

Meaning: until
Hanzi: 至
Story: Sexual climaxes don't always wait until the bed.  Sometimes they happen against a wall or on the ground!
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 678
Tags: lf_33267

Meaning: room
Hanzi: 室
Story: "You book a room in a love hotel called ""Until you Climax House""."
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 679
Tags: lf_23460

Meaning: arrive
Hanzi: 到
Story: The hero doesn't arrive until the climax of the movie, and of course he carries a SABER to defeat the enemy.
Pinyin: dào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 680
Tags: lf_21040

Meaning: mutual
Hanzi: 互
Story: The 69 position allows both parties to mutually give themselves pleasure.
Pinyin: hù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 681
Tags: lf_20114

Meaning: sufficient
Hanzi: 充
Story: These days an infant born without human legs can be allotted amazing prosthetic substitutes, and this is more than sufficient.
Pinyin: chōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 682
Tags: lf_20805

Meaning: education
Hanzi: 育
Story: Education means put information inside your infant's body.
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 683
Tags: lf_32946

Meaning: flow
Hanzi: 流
Story: Infant Moses placed in the water and sent down the flow of the infant stream.
Pinyin: liú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 684
Tags: lf_27969

Meaning: comb
Hanzi: 梳
Story: Baby moses gets his soft hair combed by a wooden brush made from a special tree.
Pinyin: shū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 685
Tags: lf_26803

Meaning: purchase
Hanzi: 购
Story: Purchase a cast made from shellfish. They are the cheapest.
Pinyin: gòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 686
Tags: lf_36141

Meaning: frame
Hanzi: 构
Story: A wooden cast which keeps a picture from bending is a frame.
Pinyin: gòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 687
Tags: lf_26500

Meaning: mountain
Hanzi: 山
Story: Pictograph of a mountain...
Pinyin: shān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 688
Tags: lf_23665

Meaning: exit
Hanzi: 出
Story: Suddenly, a cactus comes out of the ground with a sign that reads: exit. Now you can leave the desert and carry on through the mountains!
Pinyin: chū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 689
Tags: lf_20986

Meaning: foundation
Hanzi: 础
Story: To remove a massive stone which is blocking the exit you have to wedge it out from it's foundation.
Pinyin: chǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 690
Tags: lf_30784

Meaning: years of age
Hanzi: 岁
Story: When I reach the old years of age I'll spend many evenings in the quiet mountains.
Pinyin: suì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 691
Tags: lf_23681

Meaning: secret
Hanzi: 密
Story: To maintain secrecy, secret societies certainly have to house themselves in the mountains.
Pinyin: mì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 692
Tags: lf_23494

Meaning: enter
Hanzi: 入
Story: As a primitive, using the image of going through a door, even one that stands alone with the frame and no wall around, helps flesh out the primitive “enter”.
Pinyin: rù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 693
Tags: lf_20837

Meaning: part
Hanzi: 分
Story: When something is entered by a dagger, it ends up being cut in several parts.
Pinyin: fēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 694
Tags: lf_20998

Meaning: impoverished
Hanzi: 贫
Story: If impoverished you only get a small part of the clams that some people earn.
Pinyin: pín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 695
Tags: lf_36139

Meaning: public
Hanzi: 公
Story: I always enter the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don't want to touch the door with my hands.
Pinyin: gōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 696
Tags: lf_20844

Meaning: pine tree
Hanzi: 松
Story: "Following up with the ""entering public restrooms"" story for the right-hand primitive: public restrooms always reek of pine tree scented disinfectant."
Pinyin: sōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 697
Tags: lf_26494

Meaning: valley
Hanzi: 谷
Story: This could be seen as a very accurate pictograph of another type of valley: a valley mouth open under the umbrella of inner labia, with the outer labia parted above. There are even more connections to be made among the primitive keywords and the visuals, but i will enter no further...
Pinyin: gǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 698
Tags: lf_35895

Meaning: bathe
Hanzi: 浴
Story: At an onsen, a woman bathes and the water drips down her valley (cleavage).
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 699
Tags: lf_28020

Meaning: desire
Hanzi: 欲
Story: The lack of contact with a woman's valley will leave a man to desire love and to yawn from the lack of sleep brought on.
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 700
Tags: lf_27442

Meaning: contain
Hanzi: 容
Story: Imagine a house big enough to contain an entire valley. might want to live there. And now imagine cleaning it. . . . Maybe not . . .
Pinyin: róng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 701
Tags: lf_23481

Meaning: dissolve
Hanzi: 溶
Story: A pill contains the medicine until you put it in water and it dissolves.
Pinyin: róng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 702
Tags: lf_28342

Meaning: prize
Hanzi: 赏
Story: The shellfish in the outhouse won the prize for longest number 2 in history.
Pinyin: shǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 703
Tags: lf_36175

Meaning: political party
Hanzi: 党
Story: Every major political party, if personified, would look like a giant outhouse walking around with human legs spewing a constant stream of bullshit out of its mouth.
Pinyin: dǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 704
Tags: lf_20826

Meaning: often
Hanzi: 常
Story: At the onsen people often do things naked or with a towel, including going to the outhouse.
Pinyin: cháng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 705
Tags: lf_24120

Meaning: main room
Hanzi: 堂
Story: Even though an outhouse isn't a part of the house, some people consider it the main room because the most important business is done on its ground!  (Going number 1 and number 2 of course)
Pinyin: táng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 706
Tags: lf_22530

Meaning: covering
Hanzi: 皮
Story: A pelt covering is hooked on a branch. A small tent is made with a pelt covering and a branch planted in the ground. The mnemonic hints at the first stroke (the hanging pelt) and the hook at the end of the second stroke. This is chinese radical #107 meaning “skin”.
Pinyin: pí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 707
Tags: lf_30382

Meaning: waves
Hanzi: 波
Story: Waves are the water at the ocean's covering.
Pinyin: bō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 708
Tags: lf_27874

Meaning: old woman
Hanzi: 婆
Story: An old woman is seen here as a lady with waves (i.e. wrinkles, creases).
Pinyin: pó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 709
Tags: lf_23110

Meaning: break
Hanzi: 破
Story: Before the invention of scissors or knives, sharp stones were used to slice and break through the material of pelt coverings.
Pinyin: pò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 710
Tags: lf_30772

Meaning: quilt
Hanzi: 被
Story: If you wear a quilt covering made of fur you are sure to incur the wrath of animal rights extremists.
Pinyin: bèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 711
Tags: lf_34987

Meaning: malicious
Hanzi: 歹
Story: Seems malicious but a wolf really just wants the flesh from the deer's bones to survive.
Pinyin: dǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 712
Tags: lf_27513

Meaning: line up
Hanzi: 列
Story: A line up of malicious skeleton warriors, all armed with sabers.
Pinyin: liè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 713
Tags: lf_21015

Meaning: intense
Hanzi: 烈
Story: The line up of skeleton warriors always gets together to eat around the cooking fire when preparing for an intense battle.
Pinyin: liè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 714
Tags: lf_28872

Meaning: death
Hanzi: 死
Story: In Japanese society, when death occurs they creamate the body and pick out the remaining bones with special chopsticks. In this case, they're out of chopsticks so they decide to use (gasp!) a spoon instead.
Pinyin: sǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 715
Tags: lf_27515

Meaning: inter
Hanzi: 葬
Story: I imagine an interment (funeral). At this funeral it's an open casket, and the dead body (death) is holding flowers with two hands.
Pinyin: zàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 716
Tags: lf_33900

Meaning: ear
Hanzi: 耳
Story: Your ear is like the eye on the side of your head for seeing things, but there is hair around it that creates jagged lines.
Pinyin: ěr
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 717
Tags: lf_32819

Meaning: take
Hanzi: 取
Story: "You put your ear next to a womans crotch...and somehow, from it, you hear the words ""Take me....""."
Pinyin: qǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 718
Tags: lf_21462

Meaning: interest
Hanzi: 趣
Story: My interest in this plan is that we take the money and just walk away!  I'm not interested in anything else.
Pinyin: qù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 719
Tags: lf_36259

Meaning: most
Hanzi: 最
Story: Take the most care you can when you sun bath all day, or you'll get burned from your ears to your crotch.
Pinyin: zuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 720
Tags: lf_26368

Meaning: job
Hanzi: 职
Story: At many jobs bosses only want you to use your ears and shut your mouth.
Pinyin: zhí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 721
Tags: lf_32844

Meaning: brave
Hanzi: 敢
Story: Only a truly brave student would wear a spike in his ear under the gaze of the teacher taskmasters!
Pinyin: gǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 722
Tags: lf_25954

Meaning: drawn out
Hanzi: 曼
Story: Your eyes are in a drawn out stare as you sit enjoying the sun and casually scratch your crotch.
Pinyin: màn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 723
Tags: lf_26364

Meaning: slow
Hanzi: 慢
Story: When all of your actions are drawn out your state of mind is slow.
Pinyin: màn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 724
Tags: lf_24930

Meaning: overflow
Hanzi: 漫
Story: When the process of running a bath gets drawn out for too long the bath will overflow.
Pinyin: màn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 725
Tags: lf_28459

Meaning: husband
Hanzi: 夫
Story: Even though it is argued size is not important, I'm sure most women would like their husband to have a big one.
Pinyin: fū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 726
Tags: lf_22827

Meaning: regulations
Hanzi: 规
Story: A husband sets the regulations (rules) of the household based on how he sees fit.
Pinyin: guī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 727
Tags: lf_35268

Meaning: replace
Hanzi: 替
Story: "A show like ""Trading Spouses"" called ""replacing husbands"" where 2 husbands are exchanged and replaced for a day (thanks dingomick)."
Pinyin: tì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 728
Tags: lf_26367

Meaning: lose
Hanzi: 失
Story: The drop falling here is the husband's toupee... he's already lost his hair once, now he will lose it again. Such is life, I suppose.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 729
Tags: lf_22833

Meaning: iron
Hanzi: 铁
Story: Iron is a metal which loses its shine after some time.
Pinyin: tiě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 730
Tags: lf_38081

Meaning: feudal official
Hanzi: 臣
Story: Watch out or you could be a retained slave for the feudal official.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 731
Tags: lf_33251

Meaning: power
Hanzi: 力
Story: "I always refer to the power of the KATAKANA ""KA""."
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 732
Tags: lf_21147

Meaning: border
Hanzi: 边
Story: China doesn't need people power along the road at the border because of the Great Wall.
Pinyin: biān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 733
Tags: lf_36793

Meaning: force
Hanzi: 势
Story: Applying any kind of force with your arms requires clenching your fingers and using some muscle.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 734
Tags: lf_21183

Meaning: move
Hanzi: 动
Story: In amimes the characters have lots of muscle and can move as if flying like a rising cloud.
Pinyin: dòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 735
Tags: lf_21160

Meaning: encourage
Hanzi: 励
Story: Ten thousand Persians are at the base of the cliff, but the leader of the 300 Spartans just flexes his huge muscles and encourages his men by shouting that they have the power to fight them all.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 736
Tags: lf_21169

Meaning: experience
Hanzi: 历
Story: You might have muscles but you need experience if you wanna climb a cliff.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 737
Tags: lf_21382

Meaning: another
Hanzi: 另
Story: Many people talk a big game but they are usually just another muscle mouth with no action.
Pinyin: lìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 738
Tags: lf_21478

Meaning: don't
Hanzi: 别
Story: Another sword? Don't get it. You only need one because they all do the same thing.
Pinyin: bié
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 739
Tags: lf_21035

Meaning: turn
Hanzi: 拐
Story: You point your finger at your friend and call him a muscle mouth for talking too much.  Then he turns your finger back around so it's pointing at you and calls you the muscle mouth.
Pinyin: guǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 740
Tags: lf_25296

Meaning: male
Hanzi: 男
Story: Male is seen here as muscles working in the field, in other words working in the rice fields is the work of the male who are usually stronger. This is more or less the meaning of the original Chinese character.
Pinyin: nán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 741
Tags: lf_30007

Meaning: achievement
Hanzi: 功
Story: The great achievements of humankind, were works completed by muscle power: the pyramids, the Eiffel tower, etc.
Pinyin: gōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 742
Tags: lf_21151

Meaning: manage
Hanzi: 办
Story: Drops of sweat pour off the muscle man's body as he tries to manage one more rep.
Pinyin: bàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 743
Tags: lf_21150

Meaning: cooperate
Hanzi: 协
Story: The police threaten to give you pins and needles so you get nervous, start sweating and cooperate.
Pinyin: xié
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 744
Tags: lf_21327

Meaning: revive
Hanzi: 苏
Story: If you start sweating and fall unconscious these flowers can revive you.
Pinyin: sū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 745
Tags: lf_33487

Meaning: act
Hanzi: 为
Story: Some actors just have muscles and only a couple of drops of brain power.
Pinyin: wèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 746
Tags: lf_20026

Meaning: slave
Hanzi: 奴
Story: These days there are all kinds of fetishes including men who like their crotch to be the woman's slave.
Pinyin: nú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 747
Tags: lf_22900

Meaning: toil
Hanzi: 努
Story: To reach a position of power in the company, the average guy (slave) has to toil very hard for many years.
Pinyin: nǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 748
Tags: lf_21162

Meaning: add
Hanzi: 加
Story: If you stuff anymore food in your mouth, you will be adding more fat, but not muscle.
Pinyin: jiā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 749
Tags: lf_21152

Meaning: congratulate
Hanzi: 贺
Story: Add shells to your bank account and people will congratulate you.
Pinyin: hè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 750
Tags: lf_36154

Meaning: shelf
Hanzi: 架
Story: Add wood to the wall and you have a shelf.
Pinyin: jià
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 751
Tags: lf_26550

Meaning: tasks
Hanzi: 务
Story: With those muscly walking legs you have the power to do any tasks.
Pinyin: wù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 752
Tags: lf_21153

Meaning: fog
Hanzi: 雾
Story: Fog is a weather condition which makes a normal task a harder one.
Pinyin: wù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 753
Tags: lf_38654

Meaning: line of business
Hanzi: 行
Story: Looks like a bridge going over a body of water, being supported by columns underneath it. It's a great line of business. I see tourists and vacationers coming and going constantly on the bridge paying their tolls.
Pinyin: háng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 754
Tags: lf_34892

Meaning: law
Hanzi: 律
Story: The law says that once a month you have to wait in a queue to make sure your paint brush is safe from potential splinters and so forth.
Pinyin: lǜ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 755
Tags: lf_24459

Meaning: must
Hanzi: 得
Story: At daybreak there's a tightly packed queue with people stuck to each other like glue because they simply must try the new restaurant's food.
Pinyin: děi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 756
Tags: lf_24471

Meaning: treat
Hanzi: 待
Story: A line queued up outside the Buddhist temple.  When they finally get inside it's a big treat.
Pinyin: dài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 757
Tags: lf_24453

Meaning: toward
Hanzi: 往
Story: The queue of people look toward the Lord as they get closer and closer to having their turn to meet him.
Pinyin: wǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 758
Tags: lf_24448

Meaning: tiny
Hanzi: 微
Story: The tiny line up of 300 spartans was in a delicate situation. They travelled in one line through the brutal wind to the mountain pass to face the Persian taskmaster.
Pinyin: wēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 759
Tags: lf_24494

Meaning: street
Hanzi: 街
Story: This street has bricks in the center of it to separate the line of business (line of cars) on both sides.
Pinyin: jiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 760
Tags: lf_34903

Meaning: morality
Hanzi: 德
Story: People stood in a queue to see the 10 commandments so they could learn what morality really is.
Pinyin: dé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 761
Tags: lf_24503

Meaning: standing grain
Hanzi: 禾
Story: A pictograph of a standing grain.
Image: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 762

Meaning: journey
Hanzi: 程
Story: People submit to the kings orders to go on a journey to find the most suitable land for growing wheat.
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 763
Tags: lf_31243

Meaning: harmony
Hanzi: 和
Story: The first step to harmony is having enough wheat to feed every mouth in the world. Once we are all fed it is easier to get a long in harmony.
Pinyin: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 764
Tags: lf_21644

Meaning: accumulate
Hanzi: 积
Story: We can only accumulate so much wheat. Finding other food sources is necessary.
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 765
Tags: lf_31215

Meaning: species
Hanzi: 种
Story: Planting this new species of weed in the middle of your current wheat will help all your crops grow faster.
Pinyin: zhǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 766
Tags: lf_31181

Meaning: shift
Hanzi: 移
Story: Picture the WHEAT field, filled with MANY, MANY stalks of WHEAT. Notice how they SHIFT like waves in the slightest breeze. When you hear SHIFT, just picture that scene.
Pinyin: yí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 767
Tags: lf_31227

Meaning: autumn
Hanzi: 秋
Story: In AUTUMN, the WHEAT looks the color of FIRE, meaning it's time to harvest it.
Pinyin: qiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 768
Tags: lf_31179

Meaning: gloomy
Hanzi: 愁
Story: In autumn, things look gloomy and the farmer's heart is distressed because his harvest is too small.
Pinyin: chóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 769
Tags: lf_24833

Meaning: hold tight
Hanzi: 揪
Story: In Autumn you hold tight the shovel with your fingers when doing gardening work.
Image: jiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 770

Meaning: profit
Hanzi: 利
Story: Steal a bunch of wheat from a field by cutting it down with your saber and make some profit.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 771
Tags: lf_21033

Meaning: perfume
Hanzi: 香
Story: If you focus the suns though a magnifying glass on to the bottom of a stalk of wheat it will start to smoulder and burn and create a natural perfume smell. The weird thing is that it burns from the bottom upwards, hanging in the air as if my magic. Try it and see!
Pinyin: xiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 772
Tags: lf_39321

Meaning: seasons
Hanzi: 季
Story: There is a season for planting wheat and there is mating season for having children.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 773
Tags: lf_23395

Meaning: committee
Hanzi: 委
Story: "Female wheat farmers create ""The Wheat Women Committee""."
Pinyin: wěi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 774
Tags: lf_22996

Meaning: elegant
Hanzi: 秀
Story: Anything can be elegant if done correctly. Wild rice cooked the right way or a boxer throwing punches with his fists.
Pinyin: xiù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 775
Tags: lf_31168

Meaning: penetrate
Hanzi: 透
Story: An elegant driver on the road can penetrate traffic because he's calm and thinking clearly.
Pinyin: tòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 776
Tags: lf_36879

Meaning: entice
Hanzi: 诱
Story: Elegant words can entice even the most stubborn of people. Wine, cheese, a fancy dinner, and a smooth invitation is all it takes.
Pinyin: yòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 777
Tags: lf_35825

Meaning: rice
Hanzi: 米
Story: Stroke order: I like to think of the first two strokes as “chopsticks” with which one eats the rice. The rest then is the “tree” meaning “rice plant” in this context.
Pinyin: mǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 778
Tags: lf_31859

Meaning: powder
Hanzi: 粉
Story: Parts of parts of parts of parts of rice... is powder.
Pinyin: fěn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 779
Tags: lf_31881

Meaning: lost
Hanzi: 迷
Story: So you don't get lost just drop a little trail of rice grains behind you when going down the road.
Pinyin: mí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 780
Tags: lf_36855

Meaning: riddle
Hanzi: 谜
Story: A bunch of words that makes you feel really lost is a riddle.
Pinyin: mí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 781
Tags: lf_35868

Meaning: kind
Hanzi: 类
Story: What kind of rice would you like with your dog the waiter asks in Korea.
Pinyin: lèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 782
Tags: lf_31867

Meaning: come
Hanzi: 来
Story: With one rice grain many more always come! People are often like this too.
Pinyin: lái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 783
Tags: lf_26469

Meaning: number
Hanzi: 数
Story: "Young taskmaster is learning numbers by watching women haul sacks of rice past him. ""One... two... four! No, wrong! Go back, go back!""."
Pinyin: shù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 784
Tags: lf_25968

Meaning: multistory building
Hanzi: 楼
Story: "The young taskmaster uses a wooden multistory building as a watchtower to get a better view of his rice-carrying women. ""I can seeeee you! One! Two! Three!""."
Pinyin: lóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 785
Tags: lf_27004

Meaning: bamboo
Hanzi: 竹
Story: Pandas like to eat bamboo. I'm using panda as the primitive name when it fits the story. ^__^.
Pinyin: zhú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 786
Tags: lf_31481

Meaning: laugh
Hanzi: 笑
Story: When the people tried to build a tower of bamboo to reach the heavens, the gods just laughed and laughed.
Pinyin: xiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 787
Tags: lf_31505

Meaning: box
Hanzi: 箱
Story: The best kind of box is made from bamboo sticks that are interlaced with one another to make it air tight.
Pinyin: xiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 788
Tags: lf_31665

Meaning: etc.
Hanzi: 等
Story: The Bamboo Buddhist Temple uses bamboo for everything - bamboo buddhas, bamboo buildings, bamboo benches, bamboo beds, bamboo bowls, etc. etc. etc.
Pinyin: děng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 789
Tags: lf_31561

Meaning: calculate
Hanzi: 算
Story: Before digital calculators, people used calculators made of bamboo (abacus) to calculate. All you needed were your eyes and your two hands.
Pinyin: suàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 790
Tags: lf_31639

Meaning: answer
Hanzi: 答
Story: The answer to this puzzle is, like the match stick game, to make the bamboo pieces fit together.
Pinyin: dá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 791
Tags: lf_31572

Meaning: strategy
Hanzi: 策
Story: The temples in Kyoto belt bamboo with thorns around trees in a strategy to protect them from the huge number of tourists.
Pinyin: cè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 792
Tags: lf_31574

Meaning: person
Hanzi: 人
Story: "Behold Mr. T (of ""A-Team"" fame)! He is a very versatile character since he's both the big, tough guy and the “moralistic” person, telling kids not “to do drugs or alcohol”. He is easy to imagine, the heavy gold chains are probably the most prominent feature of the character. And last but not least you can always pepper your story with the famous line “I pity da foo!” * Fittingly, on the left side of the kanji, it looks like a “T”."
Pinyin: rén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 793
Tags: lf_20154

Meaning: recognize
Hanzi: 认
Story: To recognize a person is to recognize their words.
Pinyin: rèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 794
Tags: lf_35748

Meaning: price
Hanzi: 价
Story: First introduce the person to your product. Then tell them the price aftewards.
Pinyin: jià
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 795
Tags: lf_20215

Meaning: portion
Hanzi: 份
Story: A part of Mr. T thinks he should control his portion size sometimes. Then he remembers he's a big dude and continues to stuff his face.
Pinyin: fèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 796
Tags: lf_20221

Meaning: bogus
Hanzi: 伪
Story: Mr. T does not do bogus people. He'll quickly dismiss you if there is any falsehood in your voice.
Pinyin: wěi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 797
Tags: lf_20266

Meaning: you (literary)
Hanzi: 尔
Story: You (literary) lazy couch potato. Just laying around and doing small amounts of work when it's convenient.
Pinyin: ěr
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 798
Tags: lf_23572

Meaning: you
Hanzi: 你
Story: Mr. T knows you better than you. That's why you listen to everything he tells you.
Pinyin: nǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 799
Tags: lf_20320

Meaning: you (respectful)
Hanzi: 您
Story: The emotions which comes out of our heart is who you (respectful) are at the end of the day.
Pinyin: nín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 800
Tags: lf_24744

Meaning: weigh
Hanzi: 称
Story: If you want to grow and weigh more you're going to have to add more wheat to that diet!
Pinyin: chēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 801
Tags: lf_31216

Meaning: what?
Hanzi: 什
Story: The nurse comes to give Mr. T an injection and he says 'What? I don't do needles!'
Pinyin: shén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 802
Tags: lf_20160

Meaning: value
Hanzi: 值
Story: Mr. T wants to know the value of his item at the pawn shop straight-away!
Pinyin: zhí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 803
Tags: lf_20540

Meaning: make
Hanzi: 做
Story: Mr. T deliberately makes friends with all of the old taskmasters so he can learn from the wise.
Pinyin: zuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 804
Tags: lf_20570

Meaning: however
Hanzi: 但
Story: However drunk Mr. T is when he comes back to his place, he always get up at daybreak. “I pity da foo who gets up after daybreak !”, says Mr. T.
Pinyin: dàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 805
Tags: lf_20294

Meaning: dwell
Hanzi: 住
Story: Mr. T loves to show the lord around his fancy dwelling.
Pinyin: zhù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 806
Tags: lf_20303

Meaning: position
Hanzi: 位
Story: Mr. T ranks first position in the stand up competition (doing knee flexions).
Pinyin: wèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 807
Tags: lf_20301

Meaning: piece
Hanzi: 件
Story: Mr. T loves a good quality piece of cow meat.
Pinyin: jiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 808
Tags: lf_20214

Meaning: still
Hanzi: 仍
Story: Mr. T's fists are still getting stronger everyday he goes to the gym, which is everyday.
Pinyin: réng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 809
Tags: lf_20173

Meaning: he
Hanzi: 他
Story: It's one or the other: fight HE, Mr. T, or be thrown into the scorpion pit.
Pinyin: tā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 810
Tags: lf_20182

Meaning: merely
Hanzi: 仅
Story: It seems like a man is merely a big crotch sometimes, but he's more than that.
Pinyin: jǐn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 811
Tags: lf_20165

Meaning: rest
Hanzi: 休
Story: Mr. T resting by a tree.
Pinyin: xiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 812
Tags: lf_20241

Meaning: body
Hanzi: 体
Story: Mr. T works out his body (body-building), using two piles of books (i.e. an exercise that can be done at home with two chairs, similar to push-ups but working mostly the shoulders, trapezius and triceps).
Pinyin: tǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 813
Tags: lf_20307

Meaning: faith
Hanzi: 信
Story: Mr. T has faith in the words of God.
Pinyin: xìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 814
Tags: lf_20449

Meaning: depend on
Hanzi: 依
Story: Mr. T depend on his clothing, especially the gold chains.
Pinyin: yī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 815
Tags: lf_20381

Meaning: example
Hanzi: 例
Story: Mr. T sets a good example for the kids at the supermarket and shows them how to line up.
Pinyin: lì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 816
Tags: lf_20363

Meaning: healthy
Hanzi: 健
Story: Mr. T builds his body everyday so he can be healthy.
Pinyin: jiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 817
Tags: lf_20581

Meaning: halt
Hanzi: 停
Story: "Halt fool"" - Mr. T acting as a bouncer at the pavilion."
Pinyin: tíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 818
Tags: lf_20572

Meaning: upside down
Hanzi: 倒
Story: The A-Team are planning to turn the government upside down. However, they can't do a damn thing until Mr. T arrives.
Pinyin: dào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 819
Tags: lf_20498

Meaning: benevolence
Hanzi: 仁
Story: Mr. T shows his benevolence by giving two bucks to every homeless person he sees.
Pinyin: rén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 820
Tags: lf_20161

Meaning: excellent
Hanzi: 优
Story: 'Excellent' Mr. T says sounding like a mad scientist as he brings to life his frankenpooch dog.
Pinyin: yōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 821
Tags: lf_20248

Meaning: wound
Hanzi: 伤
Story: When Mr. T wounds a muscle he lies down and reclines.
Pinyin: shāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 822
Tags: lf_20260

Meaning: safeguard
Hanzi: 保
Story: "Mr. T opens his mouth from the top of the tree yelling ""I pity da foo who don't safeguard the trees!""."
Pinyin: bǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 823
Tags: lf_20445

Meaning: fort
Hanzi: 堡
Story: On this soil is the fort which you have to safeguard at all costs.
Pinyin: bǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 824
Tags: lf_22561

Meaning: pay
Hanzi: 付
Story: When you pay Mr. T be sure it's the right amount because he will definitely measure (count) it.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 825
Tags: lf_20184

Meaning: government office
Hanzi: 府
Story: A municipality, like any type of government, adheres to having caves for government offices. This is where you can send the payments you owe them.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 826
Tags: lf_24220

Meaning: bow one's head
Hanzi: 俯
Story: The government office employees are very respectful and bow one's head whenever a person walks through the doors.  Especially Mr. T.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 827
Tags: lf_20463

Meaning: substitute for
Hanzi: 代
Story: For Mr. T an arrow is a good substitute for a toothpick.  His teeth are too hard so he needs something that won't snap immediately.
Pinyin: dài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 828
Tags: lf_20195

Meaning: bag
Hanzi: 袋
Story: A bag is an easy substitute for a real clothing.
Pinyin: dài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 829
Tags: lf_34955

Meaning: transform
Hanzi: 化
Story: Mr. T discovers his hidden mental powers and transforms a spoon into a fork after the waiter gives his date two spoons.
Pinyin: huà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 830
Tags: lf_21270

Meaning: splendor
Hanzi: 华
Story: An ability of great splendor would be to be able to transform something into ten of that thing
Pinyin: huá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 831
Tags: lf_21326

Meaning: clamor
Hanzi: 哗
Story: To the unknowing ear a Chinese dinner of splendor at a nice restaurant may sound like a bunch of clamor and fighting coming out of their mouths, but they are actually having a great time.
Pinyin: huá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 832
Tags: lf_21719

Meaning: flower
Hanzi: 花
Story: The flowers transform with the seasons.
Pinyin: huā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 833
Tags: lf_33457

Meaning: commodities
Hanzi: 货
Story: Shells transform into commodities everyday all around the world. Then they get put on a ship or train as freight.
Pinyin: huò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 834
Tags: lf_36135

Meaning: whatwhichwhowherewhy?
Hanzi: 何
Story: What can Mr. T do? whatwhichwhowherewhy?!!! 'You mean: what can't MR T do, you fool'. Note: This is a catch all question word.
Pinyin: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 835
Tags: lf_20309

Meaning: convenient
Hanzi: 便
Story: Mr. T loves the new convenient store even more than the last one. Not only does it stay open even if it grows late, they have brand new toilets, and a Post Office!
Pinyin: biàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 836
Tags: lf_20415

Meaning: 100 chinese inches
Hanzi: 丈
Story: Both a meter and a yard are about one normal arm length. But these three arms are 100 Chinese inches!
Pinyin: zhàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 837
Tags: lf_19976

Meaning: use
Hanzi: 使
Story: In his free time Mr. T uses his gold plated mouth to try to spit farther than 100 Chinese inches.
Pinyin: shǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 838
Tags: lf_20351

Meaning: long time
Hanzi: 久
Story: Long time no see mummy! (A bound up person).
Pinyin: jiǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 839
Tags: lf_20037

Meaning: internal
Hanzi: 内
Story: Mr. T's new belt is huge! When he's inside it (internal), his feet no longer touch the ground!
Pinyin: nèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 840
Tags: lf_20869

Meaning: holler
Hanzi: 呐
Story: A true loud holler comes from the internal depths of your mouth.
Pinyin: nà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 841
Tags: lf_21584

Meaning: third
Hanzi: 丙
Story: In this third class flight, the seatbelts are so bad that with the slightest turbulence all the persons hit the ceiling.
Pinyin: bǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 842
Tags: lf_19993

Meaning: handle
Hanzi: 柄
Story: In third class everything is handled using wooden products to save money. Wooden headphones, wooden seats, wooden tray tables etc.
Pinyin: bǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 843
Tags: lf_26564

Meaning: meat
Hanzi: 肉
Story: Here we are looking at an x-ray of a cannibal whose insides are full on people meat.
Pinyin: ròu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 844
Tags: lf_32905

Meaning: rotten
Hanzi: 腐
Story: The rotten meat adheres to the government office cave walls. Part of the problem with having cave creatures in your goverment office.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 845
Tags: lf_33104

Meaning: follow
Hanzi: 从
Story: Pictograph of one person following another.
Pinyin: cóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 846
Tags: lf_20174

Meaning: multitude
Hanzi: 众
Story: Here we have 3 people, the beginning of a multitude of people.
Pinyin: zhòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 847
Tags: lf_20247

Meaning: sit
Hanzi: 坐
Story: When the assembly line gets tired they go outside to sit on the soil because it's nice and soft.
Pinyin: zuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 848
Tags: lf_22352

Meaning: seat
Hanzi: 座
Story: In the cave we always take a seat by sitting on the ground.
Pinyin: zuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 849
Tags: lf_24231

Meaning: witch
Hanzi: 巫
Story: The witch was very good at her work. She magicked an assembly line to produce all kinds of sorceress' merchandise. Shrewed businesswoman, I'd say.
Pinyin: wū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 850
Tags: lf_24043

Meaning: drink
Hanzi: 喝
Story: If you have a siesta with your mouthopen, you will wake up with a hoarse voice and want to drink something.
Pinyin: hē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 851
Tags: lf_21917

Meaning: thirsty
Hanzi: 渴
Story: You are bound to be thirsty at the end of a siesta so have some water close by.
Pinyin: kě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 852
Tags: lf_28212

Meaning: appoint
Hanzi: 任
Story: Mr. T has been appointed the responsibility to be the porter (a load for one to carry) and carry around everyone's luggage because he's so strong.
Pinyin: rèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 853
Tags: lf_20219

Meaning: royal court
Hanzi: 廷
Story: A porter is to be stretched out on the rack for running away from his master says the royal court.
Pinyin: tíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 854
Tags: lf_24311

Meaning: court of law
Hanzi: 庭
Story: When the courthouse caved in, the court of law had to be held in the royal court despite it being very busy.
Pinyin: tíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 855
Tags: lf_24237

Meaning: head
Hanzi: 头
Story: You need a large block of ice so you can do the greatest head sculpture ever!
Pinyin: tóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 856
Tags: lf_22836

Meaning: reality
Hanzi: 实
Story: The head of the house determines the rules - what will be reality and what won't.
Pinyin: shí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 857
Tags: lf_23454

Meaning: buy
Hanzi: 买
Story: All of the French soldiers have to buy their own beret for their heads.
Pinyin: mǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 858
Tags: lf_20080

Meaning: sell
Hanzi: 卖
Story: The resale value of needles is pretty low. You can buy it but you can't sell it.
Pinyin: mài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 859
Tags: lf_21334

Meaning: read
Hanzi: 读
Story: Words that sell (books or articles) will eventually be read.
Pinyin: dú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 860
Tags: lf_35835

Meaning: by means of
Hanzi: 以
Story: "A person earns his living by means of the plow. I imagine a sweating man dragging a bronze-age ""ard"" behind him as he plows his field himself, too poor to afford an ox."
Pinyin: yǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 861
Tags: lf_20197

Meaning: similar
Hanzi: 似
Story: Mr. T finds that living by means of dragging a plow is similar to slavery.
Pinyin: sì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 862
Tags: lf_20284

Meaning: combine
Hanzi: 并
Story: Combine the grip you get from both horns so you can ride the bull.
Pinyin: bìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 863
Tags: lf_24182

Meaning: piece together
Hanzi: 拼
Story: Combine your fingers to piece together this puzzle.
Pinyin: pīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 864
Tags: lf_25340

Meaning: spine
Hanzi: 吕
Story: This is a pictograph of a person - head and body. In the middle the empty space represents a spine.
Pinyin: lǚ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 865
Tags: lf_21525

Meaning: associate
Hanzi: 侣
Story: Mr. T makes sure he keeps a chiropracter as an associate so he can make sure his spine is adjusted and ready for a long day of work.
Pinyin: lǚ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 866
Tags: lf_20387

Meaning: glory
Hanzi: 荣
Story: The trees in the greenhouse flourish into a state of glory.
Pinyin: róng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 867
Tags: lf_33635

Meaning: labor
Hanzi: 劳
Story: Automated greenhouses only need electric power, not human labor muscle.
Pinyin: láo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 868
Tags: lf_21171

Meaning: camp
Hanzi: 营
Story: The financial spine of the greenhouse is the children's camps it holds to gather funding.
Pinyin: yíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 869
Tags: lf_33829

Meaning: virtuous
Hanzi: 善
Story: "Imagine a priest's teaching: ""To become virtuous one must first submit himself as a sheep to God's flock, rejecting the horns of Satan and resisting the mouth of Hell."
Pinyin: shàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 870
Tags: lf_21892

Meaning: year
Hanzi: 年
Story: A horse wearing sunglasses with one lens popped out after a particularly raucous celebration to ring in the New Year.
Pinyin: nián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 871
Tags: lf_24180

Meaning: night
Hanzi: 夜
Story: The lower right primitive is evening plus an extra stroke representing the tuxedo tail to match the top hat which this person is wearing out on the town...
Pinyin: yè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 872
Tags: lf_22812

Meaning: liquid
Hanzi: 液
Story: Night water sounds like a wet dream........ liquid that comes out at night while you're in bed....
Pinyin: yè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 873
Tags: lf_28082

Meaning: travel
Hanzi: 旅
Story: "The boat leaves to travel across the Atlantic. Underneath a huge banner that spans the width of the ship and says ""Bon Voyage"", the people wave their rags signalling a safe journey for all on board the Titanic."
Pinyin: lǚ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 874
Tags: lf_26053

Meaning: execute
Hanzi: 施
Story: Under their banner, volunteers are requesting alms for scorpion sting victims.  They can't execute anymore treatments until they have more supplies.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 875
Tags: lf_26045

Meaning: go swimming
Hanzi: 游
Story: This banner with a child on it reminds us to be careful with children around who want to go swimming in pool water.
Pinyin: yóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 876
Tags: lf_28216

Meaning: not
Hanzi: 勿
Story: This Hanzi is NOT a piglett.
Pinyin: wù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 877
Tags: lf_21247

Meaning: suddenly
Hanzi: 忽
Story: His heart suddenly got tied in a knot and he died instantaneously.
Pinyin: hū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 878
Tags: lf_24573

Meaning: thing
Hanzi: 物
Story: "The cow's ""thing"" is tied in a knot! ouch."
Pinyin: wù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 879
Tags: lf_29289

Meaning: easy
Hanzi: 易
Story: The sun is not an easy place to get to.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 880
Tags: lf_26131

Meaning: grant
Hanzi: 赐
Story: Nothing exemplifies easy shells better than a student grant for going to university.
Pinyin: cì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 881
Tags: lf_36176

Meaning: corpse
Hanzi: 尸
Story: The corpse of dead soldiers get wrapped in national flags.
Pinyin: shī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 882
Tags: lf_23608

Meaning: nun
Hanzi: 尼
Story: Red cross nuns sit in a tent under the red cross flag, spooning out food to the hungry.
Pinyin: ní
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 883
Tags: lf_23612

Meaning: woolen cloth
Hanzi: 呢
Story: A nun wipes the mouth of an orphan with a woolen cloth.
Pinyin: ní
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 884
Tags: lf_21602

Meaning: mud
Hanzi: 泥
Story: TV gets weirder and weirder... Now they're doing mud wrestling shows with nuns splashing around in the water. What will they think of next?
Pinyin: ní
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 885
Tags: lf_27877

Meaning: habitation
Hanzi: 屋
Story: A patriotic guy is not ready to leave his habitation (home) until he raises the flag everyday.
Pinyin: wū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 886
Tags: lf_23627

Meaning: grip
Hanzi: 握
Story: Fingers gripping the roof of your habitation as you're about to fall.
Pinyin: wò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 887
Tags: lf_25569

Meaning: reside
Hanzi: 居
Story: A humongous American flag in Florida marks the place where all the old people reside.
Pinyin: jū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 888
Tags: lf_23621

Meaning: saw
Hanzi: 锯
Story: Dangerous pieces of metal like a saw should reside in a hard to reach place in the house.
Image: jù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 889

Meaning: drama
Hanzi: 剧
Story: 'Where the saber resides' is a new Chinese drama in which two families fight over a sword.
Pinyin: jù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 890
Tags: lf_21095

Meaning: certificate
Hanzi: 据
Story: "The man set his finger firmly on the map and said ""Here is where they reside, I am certain of it"" as he slams a certificate of residence on the table."
Pinyin: jù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 891
Tags: lf_25454

Meaning: story
Hanzi: 层
Story: The flag extends past the top story of a building into the rising clouds.
Pinyin: céng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 892
Tags: lf_23618

Meaning: bureau
Hanzi: 局
Story: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has email scanners that flag certain sentences.
Pinyin: jú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 893
Tags: lf_23616

Meaning: ruler
Hanzi: 尺
Story: Capital 'R' for ruler. Doesn't get much easier than that.
Pinyin: chǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 894
Tags: lf_23610

Meaning: exhausted
Hanzi: 尽
Story: After a long day of ruling the ruler ices his exhausted knees.
Pinyin: jìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 895
Tags: lf_23613

Meaning: door
Hanzi: 户
Story: A drop of rain drips all the way down from the flag on the roof to the door.
Pinyin: hù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 896
Tags: lf_25143

Meaning: domicile
Hanzi: 房
Story: A long time ago explorers had to use a compass to get back to the doors of their homes in their domicile (country considered as a permanent home).
Pinyin: fáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 897
Tags: lf_25151

Meaning: hire
Hanzi: 雇
Story: Our company has no standards. We'll hire any turkey who walks in the door.
Pinyin: gù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 898
Tags: lf_38599

Meaning: protect
Hanzi: 护
Story: If the lock breaks you have to hold your fingers to the door to protect yourself from an intruder.
Pinyin: hù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 899
Tags: lf_25252

Meaning: show
Hanzi: 示
Story: You make an altar with two small steps for performing religious shows.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 900
Tags: lf_31034

Meaning: society
Hanzi: 社
Story: When you enter a Japanese company it's like you join a whole new society. Your workdesk becomes your altar and you worship the very soil the office is built on.
Pinyin: shè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 901
Tags: lf_31038

Meaning: ceremony
Hanzi: 礼
Story: "Indy, my friend, you must be very careful! If you approach the altar during the ceremony and do not give the proper salutation a large fishhook will rip you away""."
Pinyin: lǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 902
Tags: lf_31036

Meaning: inspect
Hanzi: 视
Story: The government has a lot of control in China. Even altars have to get seen and inspected.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 903
Tags: lf_35270

Meaning: happiness
Hanzi: 福
Story: Some people think having wealth inside their cloak means happiness.
Pinyin: fú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 904
Tags: lf_31119

Meaning: mark
Hanzi: 标
Story: Their is a mark on the tree pointing in the direction of the nearest altar.
Pinyin: biāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 905
Tags: lf_26631

Meaning: prohibit
Hanzi: 禁
Story: I imagine the government enacting a prohibition of tobacco, and burning a whole woods worth of tobacco plants on an altar (the altar of public health, or self-righteousness, if you will).
Pinyin: jìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 906
Tags: lf_31105

Meaning: front of a garment
Hanzi: 襟
Story: If something is prohibited in a certain place you can hide it in the front of a garment, like the inside front pocket of a cloak.
Pinyin: jīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 907
Tags: lf_35167

Meaning: religion
Hanzi: 宗
Story: I never really did figure out what religion my host family was - all I knew was that they kept an altar in their home.
Pinyin: zōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 908
Tags: lf_23447

Meaning: worship
Hanzi: 崇
Story: In ancient Greece, it was the religion of the time to worship the gods who live on Mount Olympus.
Pinyin: chóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 909
Tags: lf_23815

Meaning: offer sacrifice
Hanzi: 祭
Story: A circumcision used to be a ritual offer sacrifice: a small piece of flesh from the crotch is left on the altar.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 910
Tags: lf_31085

Meaning: scrutinize
Hanzi: 察
Story: The FBI must deeply scrutinize the house performing the dark sacrifices.
Pinyin: chá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 911
Tags: lf_23519

Meaning: scrub
Hanzi: 擦
Story: Your fingers scrutinize the situation by feeling for hardened particles on the dishes while scrubbing them.  Then you go with a steel brush instead of a sponge to save time and money.
Pinyin: cā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 912
Tags: lf_25830

Meaning: wherefore
Hanzi: 由
Story: "Wherefore art thou, Sprouteo?"" (Juliet has fallen in love with a brussel sprout) (OR: A brussel sprout has fallen from Juliet's dinner plate and rolled off)."
Pinyin: yóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 913
Tags: lf_30001

Meaning: take out
Hanzi: 抽
Story: Each time this long wiry hair starts to sprout out of my chin again, I take out my tweezers with my fingers and remove it.
Pinyin: chōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 914
Tags: lf_25277

Meaning: oil
Hanzi: 油
Story: The liquid oil that sprouts from an oil field.
Pinyin: yóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 915
Tags: lf_27833

Meaning: first
Hanzi: 甲
Story: The character for sprout turned upside down so now the rice field seed represents the first stage of growth in the field.
Pinyin: jiǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 916
Tags: lf_30002

Meaning: pawn
Hanzi: 押
Story: The pawn shop owner loves radishes so you use your fingers to pick them and bring them to the pawn shop.
Pinyin: yā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 917
Tags: lf_25276

Meaning: express
Hanzi: 申
Story: One day shipping is express.
Pinyin: shēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 918
Tags: lf_30003

Meaning: extend
Hanzi: 伸
Story: Mr. T extends his gang with some trained fighter monkeys which he can control just with his facial expressions.
Pinyin: shēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 919
Tags: lf_20280

Meaning: gods
Hanzi: 神
Story: At the altar, people ask the gods to give them an express delivery of happiness.
Pinyin: shén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 920
Tags: lf_31070

Meaning: fruit
Hanzi: 果
Story: If only Eve had used her brains and not taken the forbidden fruit from the tree.
Pinyin: guǒ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 921
Tags: lf_26524

Meaning: lesson
Hanzi: 课
Story: You will only get the fruit (benefit) from the words unless you finsh the whole lesson.
Pinyin: kè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 922
Tags: lf_35838

Meaning: granule
Hanzi: 颗
Story: Everytime you eat fruit it puts vitamins in your head which are like little healthy granules of matter.
Pinyin: kē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 923
Tags: lf_39063

Meaning: catty
Hanzi: 斤
Story: One catty is a half kilogram which is the weight of this tomahawk.
Pinyin: jīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 924
Tags: lf_26020

Meaning: listen
Hanzi: 听
Story: If the students don't listen the teacher picks up his tomahawk and opens his mouth wide to yell.
Pinyin: tīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 925
Tags: lf_21548

Meaning: place
Hanzi: 所
Story: You outsiders better learn your place! An axe stuck in the door when you get home is a pretty good indicator that this might not be the best place for you.
Pinyin: suǒ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 926
Tags: lf_25152

Meaning: near
Hanzi: 近
Story: The end is near. The axe-murderer is waiting for you on the road...
Pinyin: jìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 927
Tags: lf_36817

Meaning: hew
Hanzi: 斩
Story: To hew something is to chop it like when trying to free someone from a car with an axe.
Pinyin: zhǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 928
Tags: lf_26025

Meaning: temporary
Hanzi: 暂
Story: Hew for a day and you will definitely need to make a temporary stop and get some rest. It's tough work!
Pinyin: zàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 929
Tags: lf_26242

Meaning: gradually
Hanzi: 渐
Story: If you want to hew wood for a water dam you'll need to gradually create your plan with care.
Pinyin: jiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 930
Tags: lf_28176

Meaning: sever
Hanzi: 断
Story: A man puts some rice on a fishhook as bait, but catches a fish so strong, he needs to take out his axe and sever the line lest he be dragged into the depths.
Pinyin: duàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 931
Tags: lf_26029

Meaning: discount
Hanzi: 折
Story: You accidently chopped off a couple of fingers with an axe so when you decided to return it the ax shop gave you a discount coupon.
Pinyin: zhé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 932
Tags: lf_25240

Meaning: philosopher
Hanzi: 哲
Story: Philosophers get discounts in all stores in the future because of their low income but good words coming out of their mouths.
Pinyin: zhé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 933
Tags: lf_21746

Meaning: pass away
Hanzi: 逝
Story: A road whose stores offered everything at a discount had to pass away as the rent was too high to continue the discounts.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 934
Tags: lf_36893

Meaning: reprimand
Hanzi: 斥
Story: The kids at school used to reject me.. Made me feel really bad till I brought my axe to school to reprimand them. See the drop of blood on it?
Pinyin: chì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 935
Tags: lf_26021

Meaning: accuse
Hanzi: 诉
Story: Words of a false accusation (accuse) can get you severly reprimanded.
Pinyin: sù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 936
Tags: lf_35785

Meaning: for the first time
Hanzi: 乍
Story: For the first time you use a tool, the saw isn't the best choice. It's heavy, awkward and dangerous.
Pinyin: zhà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 937
Tags: lf_20045

Meaning: how?
Hanzi: 怎
Story: 'How? could you do this to me?' the man asked as his wife sawed into his heart with her final words before breaking up.
Pinyin: zěn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 938
Tags: lf_24590

Meaning: yesterday
Hanzi: 昨
Story: One can use a simple word play to remember this character - the day that I saw before today was yesterday.
Pinyin: zuó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 939
Tags: lf_26152

Meaning: do
Hanzi: 作
Story: Mr. T.'s favorite magazine is Do it Yourself.  But he's a purist: he only uses saws, no power tools.
Pinyin: zuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 940
Tags: lf_20316

Meaning: snow
Hanzi: 雪
Story: Snow isn't all that different from rain, except it can be removed with a broom because it only forms in freezing temperatures.
Pinyin: xuě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 941
Tags: lf_38634

Meaning: spirit
Hanzi: 灵
Story: The fire witch is an evil spirit. She has a broom which shoots fire out of it.
Pinyin: líng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 942
Tags: lf_28789

Meaning: married woman
Hanzi: 妇
Story: The traditional image of a married woman - a lady with a broom.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 943
Tags: lf_22919

Meaning: sweep
Hanzi: 扫
Story: Use your fingers to grab the broom and sweep.
Pinyin: sǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 944
Tags: lf_25195

Meaning: seek
Hanzi: 寻
Story: If being as clean as possible is what you seek then glue a broom to your fingers.
Pinyin: xún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 945
Tags: lf_23547

Meaning: anxious
Hanzi: 急
Story: She was always bound to a broom, her heart pounding in a hurry and anxious to finish before she was punished for being slow.
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 946
Tags: lf_24613

Meaning: work as
Hanzi: 当
Story: Some mothers use a small broom to hit their children when they misbehave and don't work as told.
Pinyin: dāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 947
Tags: lf_24403

Meaning: files
Hanzi: 档
Story: If you work as a lumberjack then you hit trees to make paper to be used as files.
Pinyin: dàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 948
Tags: lf_26723

Meaning: record
Hanzi: 录
Story: Last year the record was broken at the broom snowflake sweeping competition.
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 949
Tags: lf_24405

Meaning: commonplace
Hanzi: 碌
Story: A snowman is commonplace in the winter and stones are commonplace all the time.
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 950
Tags: lf_30860

Meaning: contend
Hanzi: 争
Story: This can be seen as a Retarius, a roman gladiator. The Retiarius always fought with a net and rake to bound up his opponents, and with a trident, which was able to pierce enemies after tying them. They were terrific contenders, so they were only paired with gladiators specially equipped to fight them.
Pinyin: zhēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 951
Tags: lf_20105

Meaning: clean
Hanzi: 净
Story: Contending a dirty kitchen with ice means you'll have to melt it before it will help you clean.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 952
Tags: lf_20928

Meaning: matter
Hanzi: 事
Story: Just one word about this matter from your mouth and you will find this rake across it.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 953
Tags: lf_20107

Meaning: tang
Hanzi: 唐
Story: "Two archeologists are in a cave looking at Chinese artifacts from various eras. One picks up a rake and says, ""What about this - T'ang, do you think?"" The second puts the rake in his mouth and answers, ""Yes, it is a bit tangy."" "
Pinyin: táng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 954
Tags: lf_21776

Meaning: sugar
Hanzi: 糖
Story: Tangy rice has extra sugar in it and goes bad quickly.
Pinyin: táng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 955
Tags: lf_31958

Meaning: hale
Hanzi: 康
Story: To stay hale (in good health) the cavemen use a sieve to sift out the dirt from the rice grains on the floor of the cave..
Pinyin: kāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 956
Tags: lf_24247

Meaning: overseer
Hanzi: 尹
Story: Looks like a mop. In the old times a servant with a mop always had an overseer.
Pinyin: yǐn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 957
Tags: lf_23609

Meaning: queen elizabeth
Hanzi: 伊
Story: Perfect example of the overseer of a group of persons - Queen Elizabeth.
Pinyin: yī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 958
Tags: lf_20234

Meaning: monarch
Hanzi: 君
Story: A monarch is an overseer that has the power to shut someone's mouth or let them speak freely.
Pinyin: jūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 959
Tags: lf_21531

Meaning: skirt
Hanzi: 裙
Story: This monarch is a party guy and likes all the ladies to wear skirts. No cloaks allowed!
Pinyin: qún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 960
Tags: lf_35033

Meaning: crowd
Hanzi: 群
Story: Monarch of different countries are like sheep; they tend to crowd together (make allies) to get more power.
Pinyin: qún
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 961
Tags: lf_32676

Meaning: and
Hanzi: 而
Story: A comb is a handle AND teeth.
Pinyin: ér
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 962
Tags: lf_32780

Meaning: need
Hanzi: 需
Story: When it rains, the need for combs goes up to deal with wet hair.
Pinyin: xū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 963
Tags: lf_38656

Meaning: confucian
Hanzi: 儒
Story: The Confucian institute needs a new professor and hires Mr. T
Pinyin: rú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 964
Tags: lf_20754

Meaning: auspicious
Hanzi: 瑞
Story: The king wished he was as handsome as Fabio standing on the edge of a mountain combing his hair, but he realized his situation was auspicious (favorable) in other ways.
Pinyin: ruì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 965
Tags: lf_29790

Meaning: upright
Hanzi: 端
Story: Fabio standing upright with fantastic posture at the edge of a mountain, hair blowing in the wind after being well combed.
Pinyin: duān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 966
Tags: lf_31471

Meaning: bent
Hanzi: 曲
Story: "It looks like the mouth of Bender the robot (bent), from Matt Groening's animated series ""Futurama""."
Pinyin: qū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 967
Tags: lf_26354

Meaning: big dipper
Hanzi: 斗
Story: The Big Dipper here is represented as a measuring cup with the first two strokes representing the measuring ticks on the side of the cup.
Pinyin: dǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 968
Tags: lf_26007

Meaning: material
Hanzi: 料
Story: The material of rice measuring cups at the rice factory is carefully chosen in order to prevent contaminating the rice.  This ends up raising the fee people pay for the rice.
Pinyin: liào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 969
Tags: lf_26009

Meaning: academic discipline
Hanzi: 科
Story: Academic disciplines are represented here with wheat (agricultural science) and a measuring cup (chemistry).
Pinyin: kē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 970
Tags: lf_31185

Meaning: times past
Hanzi: 昔
Story: In the times past, the children were forced to eat their salad every day.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 971
Tags: lf_26132

Meaning: borrow
Hanzi: 借
Story: In past times I let Mr. T borrow my salad bowl, but he won't give it back.
Pinyin: jiè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 972
Tags: lf_20511

Meaning: mistaken
Hanzi: 错
Story: In times past people could've easily mistaken one country's metal money for another's. Nowadays money has such distinct designs that it's hard to mix them up.
Pinyin: cuò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 973
Tags: lf_38169

Meaning: scattered
Hanzi: 散
Story: The taskmaster is dissatisfied with the meal she's served, and scattered the salad bowl & meat across the floor for the servants to clean up.
Pinyin: sàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 974
Tags: lf_25955

Meaning: scatter
Hanzi: 撒
Story: The ice cream shop doesn't get the sprinkles scattered very well so you use your fingers to further scatter them.
Pinyin: sā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 975
Tags: lf_25746

Meaning: twenty
Hanzi: 廿
Story: A generation is 30, one stroke less is twenty.
Image: niàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 976

Meaning: mat
Hanzi: 席
Story: Poor people huddled in a group of twenty sitting on old mats and wrapped in towels for warmth in a cave.
Pinyin: xí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 977
Tags: lf_24109

Meaning: degrees
Hanzi: 度
Story: The twenty cave commoners expose their crotches and approximate the temperature in degrees from how shriveled they look.
Pinyin: dù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 978
Tags: lf_24230

Meaning: ferry
Hanzi: 渡
Story: A ferry can only cross the water if its temperature is above zero degrees (not frozen).
Pinyin: dù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 979
Tags: lf_28193

Meaning: half
Hanzi: 半
Story: "Imagine karate chopping the number three in half with a WALKING STICK and pausing the picture just as the first ""board"" breaks. See the two pieces flying out of the top?"
Pinyin: bàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 980
Tags: lf_21322

Meaning: partner
Hanzi: 伴
Story: Mr. T's other half is his life partner.
Pinyin: bàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 981
Tags: lf_20276

Meaning: fat
Hanzi: 胖
Story: Half of your body's fat comes from meat, so cut it down a bit if you want to lose weight.
Pinyin: pàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 982
Tags: lf_32982

Meaning: judge
Hanzi: 判
Story: If you want to cut something in half in just one go you will have to judge it very well.
Pinyin: pàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 983
Tags: lf_21028

Meaning: dependents
Hanzi: 眷
Story: If you have four dependents (children in this story) you need to direct your eyes to each one for a quarter of the time.
Pinyin: juàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 984
Tags: lf_30519

Meaning: boxing
Hanzi: 拳
Story: A pro boxer can easily receive a quarter million dollars for throwing hands in a boxing match.
Pinyin: quán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 985
Tags: lf_25331

Meaning: slice
Hanzi: 片
Story: A man kneeling and presenting the ring with a diamond slice in it to his future wife.
Pinyin: piàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 986
Tags: lf_29255

Meaning: printing plate
Hanzi: 版
Story: A printing plate is a slice of metal which you press against something to print.
Pinyin: bǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 987
Tags: lf_29256

Meaning: of
Hanzi: 之
Story: Of all the hanzi, this is the only one 之orro (zorro) can write.
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 988
Tags: lf_20043

Meaning: weary
Hanzi: 乏
Story: Just one drop (of alcohol) and he does a weary walk, stumbling around looking exhausted. No wonder Zorro's living in destitution.
Pinyin: fá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 989
Tags: lf_20047

Meaning: blink
Hanzi: 眨
Story: People who are extra weary, keep their eyes open without blinking making sure they avoid danger.
Pinyin: zhǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 990
Tags: lf_30504

Meaning: no
Hanzi: 不
Story: "Mr. T hanging from the ceiling being tortured. He is asked if he is going to talk. Spitting (a drop of saliva) in the torturer's face, he says ""No""."
Pinyin: bù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 991
Tags: lf_19981

Meaning: negate
Hanzi: 否
Story: "If you don't have a mouth then you can't negate someone by saying ""no, that's wrong."" "
Pinyin: fǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 992
Tags: lf_21542

Meaning: bad
Hanzi: 坏
Story: If your arguments are not grounded in reason and can't be shown with logical symbols, they are bad arguments.
Pinyin: huài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 993
Tags: lf_22351

Meaning: ring
Hanzi: 环
Story: No one has rings like the king.
Pinyin: huán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 994
Tags: lf_29615

Meaning: cup
Hanzi: 杯
Story: The maple tree is very negative about it, but the farmer still collects cups of maple syrup from it and the tree goes 'NOOOO!'.
Pinyin: bēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 995
Tags: lf_26479

Meaning: give back
Hanzi: 还
Story: There is no road that will give back your time, but you can always turn around in the future.
Pinyin: hái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 996
Tags: lf_36824

Meaning: cherish
Hanzi: 怀
Story: Monks cherish having no state of mind at all. They sit in mediation with tranquil empty heads.
Pinyin: huái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 997
Tags: lf_24576

Meaning: dart
Hanzi: 矢
Story: Zeus ran out of lightning bolts and has to drop darts from the heavens.
Pinyin: shǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 998
Tags: lf_30690

Meaning: tribe
Hanzi: 族
Story: "With a banner declaring ""Keep Out!"" and blow darts to back it up, the Amazon tribe is not that friendly."
Pinyin: zú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 999
Tags: lf_26063

Meaning: know
Hanzi: 知
Story: I should know. After all, I did graduate from Dartmouth (reputable university in the USA)!
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1000
Tags: lf_30693

Meaning: wisdom
Hanzi: 智
Story: Wisdom is knowing everything OVER the sun (fools assume everything UNDER).
Pinyin: zhì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1001
Tags: lf_26234

Meaning: spear
Hanzi: 矛
Story: Mao Zedong always carried a spear.
Pinyin: máo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1002
Tags: lf_30683

Meaning: gentle
Hanzi: 柔
Story: You can get some fruit from the tree by tapping its branches with your spear.  Be gentle though because trees are living things too.
Pinyin: róu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1003
Tags: lf_26580

Meaning: knead
Hanzi: 揉
Story: It takes gentle fingers and good technique to properly knead bread doh.
Pinyin: róu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1004
Tags: lf_25545

Meaning: bestow
Hanzi: 予
Story: The great halberd was bestowed on the king's son..
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1005
Tags: lf_20104

Meaning: preface
Hanzi: 序
Story: The preface to all human history was bestowed on cave walls. These cave walls had the resonsibility of preserving ancient writing for future life to find..
Pinyin: xù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1006
Tags: lf_24207

Meaning: beforehand
Hanzi: 预
Story: Learning to throw ceremonial spears is dangerous. Beforehand you have to make sure you have the right safety equipment and keep your head up at all times.
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1007
Tags: lf_39044

Meaning: wild
Hanzi: 野
Story: These days we all work in front of computers. Beforehand in the wild our main job was catching food with ceremonial spears.
Pinyin: yě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1008
Tags: lf_37326

Meaning: class
Hanzi: 班
Story: To learn the art of the saber from the kings you must have taken an advanced saber class already.
Pinyin: bān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1009
Tags: lf_29677

Meaning: be about to
Hanzi: 临
Story: When I be about to recline on my favorite chair after the sun goes down, I grab my fencing foil so I can sit down and clean it.
Pinyin: lín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1010
Tags: lf_20020

Meaning: firm
Hanzi: 坚
Story: The evil prosecuter's plan was foiled again by a young defense lawyer with a firm grounding in law from Harvard.
Pinyin: jiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1011
Tags: lf_22362

Meaning: worthy
Hanzi: 贤
Story: The young shellfish's plan was foiled again by the other sea creatures. I guess he'll never be worthy to be the shellfish king.
Pinyin: xián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1012
Tags: lf_36132

Meaning: bow
Hanzi: 弓
Story: My personification for this primative is Legolas from the Lord of the Rings: a master at the bow. I suppose robin hood etc would work too.
Pinyin: gōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1013
Tags: lf_24339

Meaning: draw
Hanzi: 引
Story: Put a walking stick in the bow and draw it back, ready to fire at the geezer.
Pinyin: yǐn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1014
Tags: lf_24341

Meaning: fill
Hanzi: 弥
Story: Don't try to shoot an arrow with your bow when you have the hiccups. You might make a mistake and fill yourself with the arrow instead of the target.
Pinyin: mí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1015
Tags: lf_24357

Meaning: strong
Hanzi: 强
Story: The strong man competitions are getting weird these days. Now you have to shoot a giant bow while you are chewing on a mouth full of insects.
Pinyin: qiáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1016
Tags: lf_24378

Meaning: weak
Hanzi: 弱
Story: These bows are coated in ice from being left in the cold over time.  They've grown weak and are not weapons to count on anymore.
Pinyin: ruò
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1017
Tags: lf_24369

Meaning: list
Hanzi: 单
Story: The farmers group together in an effort to stop dangerous animals from eating their livestock and crops. They make a list of all the locations where they've found animal horns in their ten rice fields.
Pinyin: dān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1018
Tags: lf_21333

Meaning: bullet
Hanzi: 弹
Story: Bows are easier than bullets. If you want to have a gun you need to go through a long list of paperwork to get it.
Pinyin: dàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1019
Tags: lf_24377

Meaning: expense
Hanzi: 费
Story: Whether American dollars or some other form of clams, expenses are expenses.
Pinyin: fèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1020
Tags: lf_36153

Meaning: buddha
Hanzi: 佛
Story: Buddha is one person who you could safely say was never interested in dollar signs. Can't say the same about Mr. T.
Pinyin: fó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1021
Tags: lf_20315

Meaning: younger brother
Hanzi: 弟
Story: Younger brothers are always more prone to mischief. Mine, you can almost see the little horns on him and the dollar signs on his eyes when he comes up with a money-making scheme.
Pinyin: dì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1022
Tags: lf_24351

Meaning: no.
Hanzi: 第
Story: The No. 1 currency in the world is the dollar. But, the Asian nations are fast catching up and may in reality have already surpassed it. So, let the bamboo represent the No. 2 currencies (the yen, etc.). The reverse order (bamboo on top and the dollar on the bottom) is really a look at the future.
Pinyin: dì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1023
Tags: lf_31532

Meaning: adroit
Hanzi: 巧
Story: Adroit: dextrous, deft, skillful. Seems simple but only an adroit hunter who takes his work seriously can effectively use a snare.
Pinyin: qiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1024
Tags: lf_24039

Meaning: appellation
Hanzi: 号
Story: "My nickname is ""No Lips"". Yep, I shouldn't have put my mouth on that bear trap... I guess I deserve the appellation."
Pinyin: hào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1025
Tags: lf_21495

Meaning: somebody
Hanzi: 身
Story: Somebody was just looking for you. He had a longnose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face. (greenapple,16-3-2006) The way to remember that this is somebody rather than someone (#1256) is that the story is full of body descriptions.
Pinyin: shēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1026
Tags: lf_36523

Meaning: shoot
Hanzi: 射
Story: You SHOOT SOMEBODY with a GLUE-gun.
Pinyin: shè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1027
Tags: lf_23556

Meaning: thank
Hanzi: 谢
Story: If you shoot a suffering man with a terminal illness and he might give you words of thanks in the afterlife.
Pinyin: xiè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1028
Tags: lf_35874

Meaning: old man
Hanzi: 老
Story: An old man know when kids are getting too cocky and likes to keep them grounded by smacking them with a walking stick or a spoon.
Pinyin: lǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1029
Tags: lf_32769

Meaning: take an exam
Hanzi: 考
Story: Before shooting an old man with a slingshot, one shold carefully consider the possible consequences and take an exam about slingshot technique with their friends to make sure the target will be hit.
Pinyin: kǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1030
Tags: lf_32771

Meaning: roast
Hanzi: 烤
Story: After one of the kids takes an exam and does well, his whole family has a big bonfire on which they roast chicken.
Pinyin: kǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1031
Tags: lf_28900

Meaning: offer
Hanzi: 与
Story: David went to battle with a slingshot and it only took him one shot to slay Goliath. Partly because of this, the prophet Nathan was later instructed to offer David the throne of all Israel.
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1032
Tags: lf_19982

Meaning: write
Hanzi: 写
Story: A crown was offered to the British royalty museum, but it was only a copy which you could tell by the cheap writing (write) on the side.
Pinyin: xiě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1033
Tags: lf_20889

Meaning: diarrhea
Hanzi: 泻
Story: If you write for a long time and drink a ton of water to stay hydrated you mind think that you have diarrhea when you go to the bathroom because it's so watery.
Pinyin: xiè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1034
Tags: lf_27899

Meaning: filial piety
Hanzi: 孝
Story: This child has taken filial piety to the next level. He is actually carrying the old man on his shoulders.
Pinyin: xiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1035
Tags: lf_23389

Meaning: teach
Hanzi: 教
Story: In early China, filial piety was the cornerstone of education, and harsh taskmasters were employed to teach it.
Pinyin: jiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1036
Tags: lf_25945

Meaning: someone
Hanzi: 者
Story: An old man with a wagging tongue is probably not someone you want to know.
Pinyin: zhě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1037
Tags: lf_32773

Meaning: author
Hanzi: 著
Story: Someone who receives flowers as a gift all the time is probably mak-ing a lot of people happy.
Pinyin: zhù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1038
Tags: lf_33879

Meaning: pig
Hanzi: 猪
Story: My puppet is made of special pheremone impregnated vinyl. Unfortunately, a pack of wild dogs mistook her for a pig and tore her to pieces. Oh dear!
Pinyin: zhū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1039
Tags: lf_29482

Meaning: chase
Hanzi: 追
Story: Maestro, coattails flapping wildly, is being chased down the road by his fans.
Pinyin: zhuī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1040
Tags: lf_36861

Meaning: bureaucrat
Hanzi: 官
Story: No one likes classical music anymore. Our Maestro is here at home without his baton sighing sadly before he heads off for another day as his new job as a bureaucrat.
Pinyin: guān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1041
Tags: lf_23448

Meaning: pipe
Hanzi: 管
Story: Japanese bureaucrats send all their messages through an inter-office bamboo pipe system.
Pinyin: guǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1042
Tags: lf_31649

Meaning: father
Hanzi: 父
Story: Luke, I am your father. Darth Vader with two light sabers.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1043
Tags: lf_29238

Meaning: mingle
Hanzi: 交
Story: Even though your FATHER is an old man, he can't give up his party lifestyle. Once a week he still dons his cool TOP HAT (well, it was cool 40 years ago) and goes out on the town to MINGLE with the ladies. This is a pretty common thing in Japan, where old guys still think they can pick up 19 year old girls.
Pinyin: jiāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1044
Tags: lf_20132

Meaning: effect
Hanzi: 效
Story: Mingling with taskmasters can have a great effect on your life because you learn so much.
Pinyin: xiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1045
Tags: lf_25928

Meaning: relatively
Hanzi: 较
Story: Mingling with cars (driving) can be dangerous, but relatively it's safe. At least you are not living in a country undergoing civil war.
Pinyin: jiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1046
Tags: lf_36739

Meaning: school
Hanzi: 校
Story: The schools that accepted them were posted on a TREE, the students MINGLED around trying to find their names.
Pinyin: xiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1047
Tags: lf_26657

Meaning: lower leg
Hanzi: 足
Story: Captain Ahab lost his lower leg to the great white whale's mouth and had to mend it with a peg leg.
Pinyin: zú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1048
Tags: lf_36275

Meaning: run
Hanzi: 跑
Story: Pro runners wrap up their leg in a bandage if they are injured.
Pinyin: pǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1049
Tags: lf_36305

Meaning: jump
Hanzi: 跳
Story: A weird turtle with a wooden leg jumps to get around.
Pinyin: tiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1050
Tags: lf_36339

Meaning: path
Hanzi: 路
Story: When pirates try to hide, it's always easy to find them. Their wooden legs leave distinctive prints, showing where each is hiding and the exact path he took.
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1051
Tags: lf_36335

Meaning: dew
Hanzi: 露
Story: After the rain the path was covered with dew.
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1052
Tags: lf_38706

Meaning: skeleton
Hanzi: 骨
Story: Your body meat is attached to the bones of your skeleton.
Pinyin: gǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1053
Tags: lf_39592

Meaning: slippery
Hanzi: 滑
Story: "Don't give water to a skeleton. When he drinks it, it'll sluice right through his bones, forcing you to put one of those ""Caution - Slippery Floor"" signs up on the resultant puddle."
Pinyin: huá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1054
Tags: lf_28369

Meaning: apollo
Hanzi: 阿
Story: You can see the Greek god Apollo at the pinnacle because he visits sometimes.
Pinyin: a
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1055
Tags: lf_38463

Meaning: aah!
Hanzi: 啊
Story: The sound your mouth would make if you saw Apollo is 'aaaah!'.
Pinyin: a
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1056
Tags: lf_21834

Meaning: as you wish
Hanzi: 随
Story: The pinnacle signifies your personal goal and destination. What you're seeking to possess lies at the end of the yellow-brick road. You must follow the road to do as you wish.
Pinyin: suí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1057
Tags: lf_38543

Meaning: yang
Hanzi: 阳
Story: The pinnacle is the bright side (yang - from yin yang) where there is always sunshine.
Pinyin: yáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1058
Tags: lf_38451

Meaning: yin
Hanzi: 阴
Story: Like any other part of the earth the pinnacle has a dark side (yin - from yin yang) when the moon comes out.
Pinyin: yīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1059
Tags: lf_38452

Meaning: shady
Hanzi: 荫
Story: The pinnacle has the perfect amount of shady (yin) for flowers to grow. Not too much not too little.
Pinyin: yīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1060
Tags: lf_33643

Meaning: ward off
Hanzi: 防
Story: A giant compass is The Pinnacle's self-defense system. It points in the direction of any invaders so the city is prepared well ahead to ward off the intruders.
Pinyin: fáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1061
Tags: lf_38450

Meaning: attach
Hanzi: 附
Story: A sign was attached at the entrance of the pinnacle so that new residents would adhere to the rules and pay their bills on time.
Pinyin: fù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1062
Tags: lf_38468

Meaning: occasion
Hanzi: 际
Story: Only on occasion do residents of the pinnacle pay a trip to the altar (a religious altar) as they are not so into religion.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1063
Tags: lf_38469

Meaning: stairs
Hanzi: 阶
Story: I love to introduce the pinnacle to my friends but it's located high on top of a mountain so we have to walk up thousands of stairs to get there.
Pinyin: jiē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1064
Tags: lf_38454

Meaning: inst.
Hanzi: 院
Story: The Institution (inst.) of The Pinnacle is perfect in every way. No matter how old it gets it looks like it was just finished being built yesterday.
Pinyin: yuàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1065
Tags: lf_38498

Meaning: battle formation
Hanzi: 阵
Story: When the pinnacle is under attach the army surrounds the city with their cars in a battle formation.
Pinyin: zhèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1066
Tags: lf_38453

Meaning: team
Hanzi: 队
Story: Every person in the pinnacle feels like they are part of a closely knit team. That's one of the special aspects of this city.
Pinyin: duì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1067
Tags: lf_38431

Meaning: crash
Hanzi: 坠
Story: If you don't want your team to run into the ground (lose) sometimes you need to take a crash for the team.
Pinyin: zhuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1068
Tags: lf_22368

Meaning: descend
Hanzi: 降
Story: The proper, high-class way to descend The Pinnacle is wearing a monocle and walking legs splayed to a full gentlemanly stride.
Pinyin: jiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1069
Tags: lf_38477

Meaning: hole
Hanzi: 穴
Story: "A black hole is a ""House of Infinity"". Infinity is of course represented by a sideways ""eight"", but here we have a Chinese ""8"" instead."
Pinyin: xué
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1070
Tags: lf_31348

Meaning: research
Hanzi: 究
Story: Most research scientists have nine holes.....two nostrils, two ears, a mouth, and four eyes...... :-).
Pinyin: jiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1071
Tags: lf_31350

Meaning: abruptly
Hanzi: 突
Story: The chihuahua runs around abruptly and puts holes in the wall.
Pinyin: tū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1072
Tags: lf_31361

Meaning: empty
Hanzi: 空
Story: The craft of working out a black hole is in creating something empty which can attract things.
Pinyin: kōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1073
Tags: lf_31354

Meaning: control
Hanzi: 控
Story: My empty fingers have no money because I love gambling and I can't control it.
Pinyin: kòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1074
Tags: lf_25511

Meaning: deep
Hanzi: 深
Story: If the groper's tree goes up the girl's mini skirt too deep, he will let go of fluid.
Pinyin: shēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1075
Tags: lf_28145

Meaning: spy
Hanzi: 探
Story: A pervert likes to spy on girls on the train.  Then he picks one and imagines he gropes her with his fingers and puts his tree up here mini skirt.
Pinyin: tàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1076
Tags: lf_25506

Meaning: hill
Hanzi: 丘
Story: This place is Axe-calibur Hill.  Excalibur is the sword planted in a rock. Lesser known axe-calibur is the axe planted in the ground on top of a hill.
Pinyin: qiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1077
Tags: lf_19992

Meaning: troops
Hanzi: 兵
Story: Listen up troops! We're going to take that hill. You are no longer men with human legs. You are voracious animals, with animal legs! Got it? Animal legs! Now take that hill!
Pinyin: bīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1078
Tags: lf_20853

Meaning: silk
Hanzi: 丝
Story: Silk thread is at least double the cost of normal thread.
Pinyin: sī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1079
Tags: lf_19997

Meaning: weave
Hanzi: 织
Story: Thread is not the only thing you can use to weave. How about some yarn?
Pinyin: zhī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1080
Tags: lf_32455

Meaning: line
Hanzi: 线
Story: A line of floats can be connected with strong thread to make a fun water ride for the children.
Pinyin: xiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1081
Tags: lf_32447

Meaning: maintain
Hanzi: 维
Story: Spiderman aka 'threads', maintains a good relationship with the turkeys next to his house. They gobble really loud when trouble is coming.
Pinyin: wéi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1082
Tags: lf_32500

Meaning: continuum
Hanzi: 统
Story: A sweater is a continuum of threads in a sufficient quantity.
Pinyin: tǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1083
Tags: lf_32479

Meaning: give
Hanzi: 给
Story: Spiderman doesn't fit a businessman salary type of job. He likes to give more than take.
Pinyin: gěi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1084
Tags: lf_32473

Meaning: tie
Hanzi: 结
Story: Spiderman is too lazy to put effort into cleaning his ties so he just sprays them with an aerosol can.
Pinyin: jié
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1085
Tags: lf_32467

Meaning: end
Hanzi: 终
Story: This winter is so cold that spiderman's web gets brittle! Could this be the end of spiderman?
Pinyin: zhōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1086
Tags: lf_32456

Meaning: rank
Hanzi: 级
Story: Everyone thought that spiderman was so smart because he was top rank in his class. Really he just reached out and took answers he didn't know from other students' tests when they weren't looking.
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1087
Tags: lf_32423

Meaning: epoch
Hanzi: 纪
Story: Spiderman's superhero epoch comes to an end when he meets his toughest enemy yet, the snake villain.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1088
Tags: lf_32426

Meaning: red
Hanzi: 红
Story: Spiderman only goes to work in a red suit. Everyone know that!
Pinyin: hóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1089
Tags: lf_32418

Meaning: make an appointment
Hanzi: 约
Story: Spidey's Aunt May smacks him with a ladle, 'Make an appointment with the doctor like I told you!'
Pinyin: yuē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1090
Tags: lf_32422

Meaning: fine
Hanzi: 细
Story: Spidey has a fine brain and a fine heart so he can't help himself but to fight crime!
Pinyin: xì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1091
Tags: lf_32454

Meaning: vertical
Hanzi: 纵
Story: To be efficient the assembly lines run vertically in the thread factories so no space is wasted.
Pinyin: zòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1092
Tags: lf_32437

Meaning: green
Hanzi: 绿
Story: Spiderman's nemesis the Green Goblin is in a slump; He's replaced his glider with a broom and is throwing grains of rice instead of bombs.
Pinyin: lǜ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1093
Tags: lf_32511

Meaning: scripture
Hanzi: 经
Story: The holy but old scriptures started to fall apart so we had to mend them with a spool of thread.
Pinyin: jīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1094
Tags: lf_32463

Meaning: lightweight
Hanzi: 轻
Story: A lightweight alternative to driving your own car is car-spool-ing.
Pinyin: qīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1095
Tags: lf_36731

Meaning: continue
Hanzi: 续
Story: Even though Peter Parker has become Spiderman, he continues to sell pictures that he takes as a photographer.
Pinyin: xù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1096
Tags: lf_32493

Meaning: carry on
Hanzi: 继
Story: Spidey is hooked on rice because it's the only thing he inherited from his Uncle Ben. This is how he can carry on his legacy.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1097
Tags: lf_32487

Meaning: medicine
Hanzi: 药
Story: If the herbal flower remedies don't work you might have to make an appointment to see a doctor and get some medicine.
Pinyin: yào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1098
Tags: lf_33647

Meaning: lineage
Hanzi: 系
Story: DNA, a drop of looong spiraled thread of floss that is the key to your lineage.
Pinyin: xì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1099
Tags: lf_31995

Meaning: tight
Hanzi: 紧
Story: Foiled again by your teeth, you floss has broken because it wasn't strong enough to get through that tight space between your teeth.
Pinyin: jǐn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1100
Tags: lf_32039

Meaning: withdraw
Hanzi: 却
Story: Gone is the time for stamps and they've been withdrawn. Now we use e-mail instead.
Pinyin: què
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1101
Tags: lf_21364

Meaning: foot
Hanzi: 脚
Story: The foot seems the most withdrawn from the perspective of a person because they are furthest part of the body from the head.
Pinyin: jiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1102
Tags: lf_33050

Meaning: apparel
Hanzi: 服
Story: It's customary to cover the flesh with clothing apparel, but some designs are so outrageous they're not bigger than a stamp that just covers your crotch.
Pinyin: fú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1103
Tags: lf_26381

Meaning: newspaper
Hanzi: 报
Story: Recall the fashion model wearing just a stamp over his crotch. When he got happy he tried to cover it with his fingers, but of course it ended up in the newspaper.
Pinyin: bào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1104
Tags: lf_25253

Meaning: fate
Hanzi: 命
Story: When you're born, your fate is fitted, and stamped onto your soul.
Pinyin: mìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1105
Tags: lf_21629

Meaning: trade
Hanzi: 贸
Story: There's a buyback program where you can trade in your dagger for shells (money). But it's quite ineffective since only registered dagger owners with the original receipts can participate, and not criminals with illegally-purchased daggers.
Pinyin: mào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1106
Tags: lf_36152

Meaning: stay
Hanzi: 留
Story: Got a receipt for that dagger, son? If not, we're going to detain you and send you to stay in the rice fields to work.
Pinyin: liú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1107
Tags: lf_30041

Meaning: slide
Hanzi: 溜
Story: You can't stay in the water for too long because you want to ride the water slide again!!
Pinyin: liū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1108
Tags: lf_28316

Meaning: chat
Hanzi: 聊
Story: You open the letter with a letter opener, then read the letter. It's just like having a chat but you don't use your ears or mouth. You use your eyes instead.
Pinyin: liáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1109
Tags: lf_32842

Meaning: willow
Hanzi: 柳
Story: The willow is the tree that droops like the flap of an open letter.
Pinyin: liǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1110
Tags: lf_26611

Meaning: holiday
Hanzi: 节
Story: Each sunny holiday the children chop some flowers and bring them home to remember the fun they had.
Pinyin: jié
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1111
Tags: lf_33410

Meaning: defend
Hanzi: 卫
Story: The ninja sits on the floor ready to defend in the dark, patiently waiting to chop up his enemy upon entry.
Pinyin: wèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1112
Tags: lf_21355

Meaning: orders
Hanzi: 令
Story: "These are your orders, declares the general while passing out documents at the meeting. As everyone started to leave, the general exclaims ""Oh wait! I need to certify these orders!"" and went around stamping each paper with his personal chop-seal."
Pinyin: lìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1113
Tags: lf_20196

Meaning: cold
Hanzi: 冷
Story: To keep your water cold, just order some ice.
Pinyin: lěng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1114
Tags: lf_20919

Meaning: zero
Hanzi: 零
Story: The amount of people that can order the rain to rain is zero.
Pinyin: líng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1115
Tags: lf_38646

Meaning: collar
Hanzi: 领
Story: The head of the church wears a special collar and gives all the orders.
Pinyin: lǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1116
Tags: lf_39046

Meaning: communicate
Hanzi: 通
Story: I bounce down the road on my pogo stick, easily getting through the dense traffic. No need to communicate with my car horn!
Pinyin: tōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1117
Tags: lf_36890

Meaning: courageous
Hanzi: 勇
Story: I imagined some kind of initiation rite in old China, where every young man has to show his courageousness. They then receive a chopseal which is a mark of their courage.
Pinyin: yǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1118
Tags: lf_21191

Meaning: storehouse
Hanzi: 仓
Story: Storehouses are getting very secure these days. This umbrella storehouse requires fingerprint authentication to enter.
Pinyin: cāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1119
Tags: lf_20179

Meaning: gun
Hanzi: 枪
Story: Storehouses for trees in Brazil take things very seriously. They protect the premises with guns.
Pinyin: qiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1120
Tags: lf_26538

Meaning: initiate
Hanzi: 创
Story: In anti-gun countries like the U.K. entry into a storehouse doesn't require passing the armed gunmen, but rather an initiation ceremony using a saber to knight the visitor and thus initiate entry. It's a one time ceremony so don't worry about next time.
Pinyin: chuàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1121
Tags: lf_21019

Meaning: criminal
Hanzi: 犯
Story: Criminals can often be found using the tools of wild dogs and fingerprints.
Pinyin: fàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1122
Tags: lf_29359

Meaning: danger
Hanzi: 危
Story: You're bound up by ropes at the edge of a cliff. It's dangerous, but if the mob kills you atleast the police can search for fingerprints.
Pinyin: wēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1123
Tags: lf_21361

Meaning: fragile
Hanzi: 脆
Story: If you're a fragile person, lots of things are dangerous and will hurt your flesh.
Pinyin: cuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1124
Tags: lf_33030

Meaning: print
Hanzi: 印
Story: Printers are advanced now and can print letters with a stamp and a stapled document folded up inside.
Pinyin: yìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1125
Tags: lf_21360

Meaning: liquor
Hanzi: 酒
Story: Liquor, like whiskey, is a watered down form of pure alcohol.
Pinyin: jiǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1126
Tags: lf_37202

Meaning: distribute
Hanzi: 配
Story: To distribute whiskey during prohibition you had to be as sneaky as a snake.
Pinyin: pèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1127
Tags: lf_37197

Meaning: chieftain
Hanzi: 酋
Story: Chieftain Red Bull always has his animal horns whiskey dispensing hat on!
Image: qiú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1128

Meaning: venerate
Hanzi: 尊
Story: I drank the Devil Whiskey and was venerated (revered) by all. Too bad I had to have my anus glued shut from the damage it did to my digestive system...
Pinyin: zūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1129
Tags: lf_23562

Meaning: abide by
Hanzi: 遵
Story: You must abide by the venerated rules of the road! No devil's whiskey and stay glued to your lane in the road!
Pinyin: zūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1130
Tags: lf_36981

Meaning: beans
Hanzi: 豆
Story: If I eat BEANS, after ONE MOUTHful I fart like some kind of HORNED ANIMAL.
Pinyin: dòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1131
Tags: lf_35910

Meaning: short
Hanzi: 短
Story: He's so short, he can't even throw over a table while playing darts.
Pinyin: duǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1132
Tags: lf_30701

Meaning: kitchen
Hanzi: 厨
Story: What happened to the kitchen? It was here a second ago... Well, it fell off the cliff. See the table down there below the edge of the cliff? Maybe we can glue it back together. Of course, first we've got to retrieve the kitchen from the base of the cliff.
Pinyin: chú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1133
Tags: lf_21416

Meaning: drum
Hanzi: 鼓
Story: Japanese festivals have drums so big, a samurai has to SIT (not stand) on a table to beat one with a tree branch!
Pinyin: gǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1134
Tags: lf_40723

Meaning: joyful
Hanzi: 喜
Story: The samurai sitting on the drum is on a stage, and the people below him are joyful with their mouths in unison. It helps me to imagine the placement this way.
Pinyin: xǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1135
Tags: lf_21916

Meaning: blood
Hanzi: 血
Story: Vampire orders blood in one of those posh restaurants. Imagine his shock when all he gets is a giant white dish and just a single drop of blood in the centre and a drizzling of balsamic around the edge. Disgusted he calls the manager over tells him its overpriced tosh and bites into his neck with a huge gush of blood spraying everywhere.
Pinyin: xuè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1136
Tags: lf_34880

Meaning: lid
Hanzi: 盖
Story: The sheep food is stored in a special so they can only eat when the farmer opens the lid of the dish.
Pinyin: gài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1137
Tags: lf_30422

Meaning: temperature
Hanzi: 温
Story: If you leave water out in the sun in a dish, naturally the temperature will increase.
Pinyin: wēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1138
Tags: lf_28201

Meaning: supervise
Hanzi: 监
Story: Sitting on the couch in comfort I'm too lazy to get up so I recline and use my fencing foil to reach the dog's dish. Then I tip it over so he can get the last drop of food which was too hard to get on his own. I love my dog so I supervise constantly to make sure he's okay.
Pinyin: jiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1139
Tags: lf_30417

Meaning: basket
Hanzi: 篮
Story: My special bamboo basket from China is my most prized possession so I keep it guarded with a hidden camera.
Pinyin: lán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1140
Tags: lf_31726

Meaning: blue
Hanzi: 蓝
Story: My hidden camera also allows me to monitor my beautiful blue flowers just outside.
Pinyin: lán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1141
Tags: lf_34013

Meaning: silver
Hanzi: 银
Story: Like gold, silver is a metal.
Pinyin: yín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1142
Tags: lf_38134

Meaning: heel
Hanzi: 跟
Story: The pirate has a wooden leg with a silver heel on the bottom.
Pinyin: gēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1143
Tags: lf_36319

Meaning: very
Hanzi: 很
Story: As the silver supply in the world is now running out the queue for buying it is very long.
Pinyin: hěn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1144
Tags: lf_24456

Meaning: root
Hanzi: 根
Story: Since trees eat through their roots, one could imagine roots as tree silverware.
Pinyin: gēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1145
Tags: lf_26681

Meaning: immediately
Hanzi: 即
Story: He scratches off the silver stamp and discovers immediately that he is a winner.
Pinyin: jí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1146
Tags: lf_21363

Meaning: retreat
Hanzi: 退
Story: You see a huge army of people in silver armour on the road so you retreat.
Pinyin: tuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1147
Tags: lf_36864

Meaning: leg
Hanzi: 腿
Story: If you want to retreat, be happy that you have that special body part called a leg to runaway with.
Pinyin: tuǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1148
Tags: lf_33151

Meaning: limit
Hanzi: 限
Story: The speed limit at The Pinnacle is posted on silver signs.
Pinyin: xiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1149
Tags: lf_38480

Meaning: eyelet
Hanzi: 眼
Story: An eyelet is a tiny hole in cotton fabric. You can barely see it with your eyes but can stick thread through it with a silver pin.
Pinyin: yǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1150
Tags: lf_30524

Meaning: high-quality
Hanzi: 良
Story: One drop of high-quality silver is worth more than a big hunk of ordinary metal.
Pinyin: liáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1151
Tags: lf_33391

Meaning: breakers
Hanzi: 浪
Story: These breakers are waves that crest. So breakers are the most beautiful part of the wave like a halo (high quality) above the rest of the water.
Pinyin: làng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1152
Tags: lf_28010

Meaning: mom
Hanzi: 娘
Story: Your mom is a high-quality woman. She's a good mom to the kids and works too :-).
Pinyin: niáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1153
Tags: lf_23064

Meaning: food
Hanzi: 食
Story: That umbrella looks high-quality enough to eat as food!
Pinyin: shí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1154
Tags: lf_39135

Meaning: meal
Hanzi: 饭
Story: I'm against fast food. Let's sit down and have a real meal!
Pinyin: fàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1155
Tags: lf_39277

Meaning: dine
Hanzi: 餐
Story: Remember that dazzling evening where you found the magic wand and used it on your crotch to make it bigger? Well this time you use the wand to create to most delicious food so that she enjoys dining (dine) so much that she gives you a sexual repast..
Pinyin: cān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1156
Tags: lf_39184

Meaning: bldg.
Hanzi: 馆
Story: A bldg. that eats bureaucrats for food!
Pinyin: guǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1157
Tags: lf_39302

Meaning: since
Hanzi: 既
Story: At a cheap diner, the waitress gives you unwashed silverware that was since used by the previous customer. Yuck.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1158
Tags: lf_26082

Meaning: approximate
Hanzi: 概
Story: A murder has been commited. A corpse was found under a tree. The police chalks the outline of the victim, an old silver-haired waitress working at a restaurant nearby. Approximate time of death, unknown.....
Pinyin: gài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1159
Tags: lf_27010

Meaning: even
Hanzi: 平
Story: There's an even covering of water lilies on the pond at the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
Pinyin: píng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1160
Tags: lf_24179

Meaning: evaluate
Hanzi: 评
Story: To evaluate well should always be words of even fairness.
Pinyin: píng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1161
Tags: lf_35780

Meaning: level ground
Hanzi: 坪
Story: Even ground is level ground.
A two-mat area is just about as much level ground as you will need for a lily pad pond.
Pinyin: píng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1162
Tags: lf_22378

Meaning: ooh!
Hanzi: 乎
Story: Ooh! This is like the lily pad but more stylish with a slanted hat and little hook at the bottom.
Pinyin: hū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1163
Tags: lf_20046

Meaning: shout
Hanzi: 呼
Story: I'm a lazy fisher, so I genetically engineered a stylish lily pad with a fishing hook at the stem and a mouth to shout for me whenever it catches something.
Pinyin: hū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1164
Tags: lf_21628

Meaning: hope
Hanzi: 希
Story: Wolverine (sheaf) hopes they invent cloth sheets that he won't keep shredding in his sleep.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1165
Tags: lf_24076

Meaning: scarce
Hanzi: 稀
Story: This region only has scarce agriculture. The few farmers hope their wheat crops will do well, but the soil isn't really good.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1166
Tags: lf_31232

Meaning: kill
Hanzi: 杀
Story: Wolverine gets sick of his claws and starts killing the bad guys with a metal pole instead.
Pinyin: shā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1167
Tags: lf_26432

Meaning: wind
Hanzi: 风
Story: Don't let the wind blow away your sheafs when the windstorm comes!
Pinyin: fēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1168
Tags: lf_39118

Meaning: mock
Hanzi: 讽
Story: Imagine a group of children mocking another child. It's like a windstorm of nasty words being throw around.
Pinyin: fěng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1169
Tags: lf_35773

Meaning: ridge of a hill
Hanzi: 冈
Story: At the ridge of a hill there is a memorial statue of wolverine with a glass cover around it.
Pinyin: gāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1170
Tags: lf_20872

Meaning: just now
Hanzi: 刚
Story: Just now, the news reports, the mighty saber was found stuck in the ground at the ridge of wolverine hill.
Pinyin: gāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1171
Tags: lf_21018

Meaning: net
Hanzi: 网
Story: Wolverine is twice as smart as before. He figured out how to make nets by slashing up glass covers.
Pinyin: wǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1172
Tags: lf_32593

Meaning: drawing
Hanzi: 画
Story: You decide one day to paint a hanzi on your ceiling. Unfortunately, you don’t have a brush, so, being innovative, you use a sprout to do a drawing. Knowing it could be messy, you search for a drop-cloth, but can’t find one.
Pinyin: huà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1173
Tags: lf_30011

Meaning: cruel
Hanzi: 凶
Story: Wolverine takes out a sinister villain who can't be cut by smacking the crap out of him with a shovel.
Pinyin: xiōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1174
Tags: lf_20982

Meaning: bosom
Hanzi: 胸
Story: Bosom is a flesh part that should be bound up lest it provoke villainous thoughts from cruel people.
Pinyin: xiōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1175
Tags: lf_33016

Meaning: brain
Hanzi: 脑
Story: Without his brain Fagin wouldn't be able to get up to the cruelty that he does. It's the most important part of his body.
Pinyin: nǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1176
Tags: lf_33041

Meaning: annoyed
Hanzi: 恼
Story: Fagin's most common state of mind is simply being annoyed.
Pinyin: nǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1177
Tags: lf_24700

Meaning: leave
Hanzi: 离
Story: When Fagin leaves work to go home he detaches his belt and rests his elbows on the arms of his favorite chair.
Pinyin: lí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1178
Tags: lf_31163

Meaning: fowl
Hanzi: 禽
Story: The hen (a type of fowl - domesticated birds used for eggs etc.) took leave from the hard work as an egg producer and relaxed on the beach under an umbrella.
Pinyin: qín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1179
Tags: lf_31165

Meaning: righteousness
Hanzi: 义
Story: Bouquets are given to the citizens who possess the most righteousness.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1180
Tags: lf_20041

Meaning: deliberate
Hanzi: 议
Story: Before shouting words of righteousness, long deliberation (deliberate) is necessary.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1181
Tags: lf_35758

Meaning: ant
Hanzi: 蚁
Story: Leave a bouquet outside for too long and insects will be all over it. If it falls on the ground the ants just might make use of it too!
Pinyin: yǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1182
Tags: lf_34433

Meaning: peppery
Hanzi: 辛
Story: Eating spicy peppery food makes you stand up ten times faster than usual, 'cause you just need to get something to drink!
Pinyin: xīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1183
Tags: lf_36763

Meaning: dispute
Hanzi: 辩
Story: A lot of disputes between businessmen in China happen over words at a Sichuan restaurant while devouring lots of chili pepper filled food.
Pinyin: biàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1184
Tags: lf_36777

Meaning: repudiate
Hanzi: 辟
Story: This is an American hot sauce packet from Texas. See the American flag and chili pepper sign? You can use hot sauce to repudiate nasty tastes from bad tasting food and save your mouth.
Pinyin: pì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1185
Tags: lf_36767

Meaning: partition
Hanzi: 壁
Story: Did anyone else used to put hot sauce packets on the ground and jump on them so they spattered into random partitions on the wall?
Pinyin: bì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1186
Tags: lf_22721

Meaning: evade
Hanzi: 避
Story: You can try and evade them, but they'll ketchup (hot sauce) with you on the road... Sorry, couldn't resist it.
Pinyin: bì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1187
Tags: lf_36991

Meaning: relatives
Hanzi: 亲
Story: The small chili peppers are relatives of the larger ones which came before them.
Pinyin: qīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1188
Tags: lf_20146

Meaning: new
Hanzi: 新
Story: "Here we have the woodcutter standing atop a tree waving his brand new axe. ""Look what I got for christmas, yippee!""."
Pinyin: xīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1189
Tags: lf_26032

Meaning: fuel
Hanzi: 薪
Story: New flowers are not suitable for fuel. But old and dried out ones work fine.
Pinyin: xīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1190
Tags: lf_34218

Meaning: good fortune
Hanzi: 幸
Story: Some spicy food lovers believe that one bite of peppery curry leads to good fortune.
Pinyin: xìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1191
Tags: lf_24184

Meaning: call
Hanzi: 叫
Story: There was a man in a village who had a special gift : whenever he called by shouting and screaming, his mouth became a cornucopia, overflowing with fruits and food of all sorts. Many of the locals thought he was a cruel man, always screaming at his wife, until they realised he was in fact very kind, and his gift brought prosperity to his family.
Pinyin: jiào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1192
Tags: lf_21483

Meaning: receive
Hanzi: 收
Story: The great taskmaster receives a cornucopia of income from his grateful students.
Pinyin: shōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1193
Tags: lf_25910

Meaning: sign of the hog
Hanzi: 亥
Story: A greedy hog in a top hat who has eaten all of the acorns. He even elbows people out of the way to get them. Top hat and acorn is the sign of the hog.
Image: hài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1194

Meaning: nucleus
Hanzi: 核
Story: In the nucleus of the acorn, all the DNA is stored -- the building blocks for a new tree.
Pinyin: hé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1195
Tags: lf_26680

Meaning: tot
Hanzi: 孩
Story: Here is a little tot child picking up and throwing acorns around.
Pinyin: hái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1196
Tags: lf_23401

Meaning: carve
Hanzi: 刻
Story: This famous ninja used to carve the kanji for his name onto acorns, and throw the acorns to distract his enemies. The legend goes that by the time his victims would pick up the acorn and read the engraved kanji, they were already dead.
Pinyin: kè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1197
Tags: lf_21051

Meaning: should
Hanzi: 该
Story: This teacher throws acorns at the students when they are throwing words around talking. 'You should pay attention!'
Pinyin: gāi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1198
Tags: lf_35813

Meaning: art
Hanzi: 术
Story: Nothing more common than a piece of art depicting a tree with a little bird that looks like a drop sitting on top of it.
Pinyin: shù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1199
Tags: lf_26415

Meaning: narrate
Hanzi: 述
Story: Why are the roads leading through the woods in this story so sticky and dirty? Hmm... I think the narrator narrated something about excess resin drops on the roads...
Pinyin: shù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1200
Tags: lf_36848

Meaning: aid
Hanzi: 襄
Story: This is a pigeon coop of carrier pigeons wearing top hats and scarves to elegantly aid you in getting letters delivered. They are chatterboxes when they rest at night behind the wire mesh cave.
Pinyin: xiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1201
Tags: lf_35140

Meaning: territory
Hanzi: 壤
Story: The pigeon coop is the only piece of ground the pigeons can call their territory.
Pinyin: rǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1202
Tags: lf_22756

Meaning: frigid
Hanzi: 寒
Story: Don't let your hamster cage become frigid from leaving the AC on. Your pet won't like the ice at all.
Pinyin: hán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1203
Tags: lf_23506

Meaning: competition
Hanzi: 赛
Story: The hamsters and the oysters agree to battle it out in a competition. The hamsters have one condition though - it must be a wheel running competition in the hamster cage.
Pinyin: sài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1204
Tags: lf_36187

Meaning: poison
Hanzi: 毒
Story: If you grow up with a mother that drinks and smokes, you can be sure it's poison in the stuff you get from her breasts.
Pinyin: dú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1205
Tags: lf_27602

Meaning: wheat
Hanzi: 麦
Story: If you eat lots of wheat, you'll grow up to have strong walking legs.
Pinyin: mài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1206
Tags: lf_40614

Meaning: vegetarian diet
Hanzi: 素
Story: When he was growing up, Venom never had many friends in elementary school. Maybe it explains why he gave up his vegetarian diet and turned out how he did.
Pinyin: sù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1207
Tags: lf_32032

Meaning: blue or green
Hanzi: 青
Story: "Once in a blue or green moon"" refers to a rare event. But originally ""blue moon"" refers to a full moon, in other words a fully grown up moon. Whether once a month is rare or not depends on what we're talking about, but that happens to be the origin of the expression."
Pinyin: qīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1208
Tags: lf_38738

Meaning: refined
Hanzi: 精
Story: Before rice is refined, it is actually blue...bet ya didn't know that!
Pinyin: jīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1209
Tags: lf_31934

Meaning: invite
Hanzi: 请
Story: You can give someone words to invite them to your party until you are blue in the face, but if they don't want to go they don't want to go.
Pinyin: qǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1210
Tags: lf_35831

Meaning: feelings
Hanzi: 情
Story: Data from Star Trek is in the state of mind of feeling blue about not having any feelings ... hey, wait a minute.
Pinyin: qíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1211
Tags: lf_24773

Meaning: eyeball
Hanzi: 睛
Story: Eyeballs are the body part that come in several colors, one of the most popular being blue.
Pinyin: jīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1212
Tags: lf_30555

Meaning: pure
Hanzi: 清
Story: Pure sea water is always a radiant blue.
Pinyin: qīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1213
Tags: lf_28165

Meaning: quiet
Hanzi: 静
Story: When someone you know who is normally talkative goes quiet, it's usually a sign that they are contending with the blues.
Pinyin: jìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1214
Tags: lf_38745

Meaning: responsibility
Hanzi: 责
Story: After growing up people begin putting responsibility for their problems on shells (money).
Pinyin: zé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1215
Tags: lf_36131

Meaning: accomplishments
Hanzi: 绩
Story: Spidey accepts responsibility for taking care of tough criminals. He has a long list of accomplishments.
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1216
Tags: lf_32489

Meaning: surface
Hanzi: 表
Story: When I was growing up, the surface of my scarf was always covered with snot from blowing my nose on it.
Pinyin: biǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1217
Tags: lf_34920

Meaning: life
Hanzi: 生
Story: This is the first CELL of a human, the foundation of its entire LIFE, a small DROP that will GROW UP to form a complex organism.
Pinyin: shēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1218
Tags: lf_29983

Meaning: star
Hanzi: 星
Story: The sun is the nearest star to the only planet with life - Earth.
Pinyin: xīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1219
Tags: lf_26143

Meaning: surname
Hanzi: 姓
Story: When women marry, they adopt the surname of their husband, signifiying the start of a new life together. (adapted from gorgon).
Pinyin: xìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1220
Tags: lf_22995

Meaning: sex
Hanzi: 性
Story: Sex is the only state of mind for many men through their whole life.
Pinyin: xìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1221
Tags: lf_24615

Meaning: victory
Hanzi: 胜
Story: The life of a body is either born for victory or it isn't.
Pinyin: shèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1222
Tags: lf_32988

Meaning: plentiful
Hanzi: 丰
Story: Here we have a children's drawing of a plentiful row of bushes.
Pinyin: fēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1223
Tags: lf_20016

Meaning: harm
Hanzi: 害
Story: With kids growing up in your house, you have to keep them from harm of putting anything in their mouth, paint chips, bleach, knvies, etc.
Pinyin: hài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1224
Tags: lf_23475

Meaning: cut off
Hanzi: 割
Story: Hey, don't take this out of proportion! I did you just a little harm. No need to come over here with a saber and cut off a limb...
Pinyin: gē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1225
Tags: lf_21106

Meaning: intelligent
Hanzi: 慧
Story: "Comet, heart: Heisig: ""The intelligent reader will notice that the second stroke in the broom element of comet doesn't pass through. The intelligent reader will take this observation to heart""."
Pinyin: huì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1226
Tags: lf_24935

Meaning: tanned hide
Hanzi: 韦
Story: This is just bushes with hooks, so a briar patch. If you want to run through the briar patch unharmed you have to have clothes made from a special tanned hide.
Pinyin: wéi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1227
Tags: lf_38886

Meaning: surround
Hanzi: 围
Story: The briar patch is pent up by a surrounding fence to protect the children.
Pinyin: wéi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1228
Tags: lf_22260

Meaning: great
Hanzi: 伟
Story: Mr. T is the only person great enough to have walked right through the briar patch with no tanned hide for protect.
Pinyin: wěi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1229
Tags: lf_20255

Meaning: springtime
Hanzi: 春
Story: In the springtime bonsai get plenty of sun.
Pinyin: chūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1230
Tags: lf_26149

Meaning: tranquil
Hanzi: 泰
Story: If you look into Japanese gardens they seem so tranquil - with their small bonsais and the white stones looking like rice grains or snowflakes.
Pinyin: tài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1231
Tags: lf_27888

Meaning: proffer
Hanzi: 奉
Story: To join the temple, you have to proffer (offer) yourself to the temple for raising bonsai for enlightenment, and cornstalks for sustenance.
Pinyin: fèng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1232
Tags: lf_22857

Meaning: cudgel
Hanzi: 棒
Story: Buddhist monks, during meditation, are slapped with cudgels (short thick sticks) made from tree wood, to stay dedicated to their task. A lack of dedication means they are not truly proffering themselves.
Pinyin: bàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1233
Tags: lf_26834

Meaning: beat
Hanzi: 击
Story: The mountain people always beat the other towns in the annual cornstalk contest.
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1234
Tags: lf_20987

Meaning: land
Hanzi: 陆
Story: When it comes to land the Pinnacle beat all other cities and found the most beautiful part of the planet.
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1235
Tags: lf_38470

Meaning: specialty
Hanzi: 专
Story: Chop a bunch of cornstalks to see if it's your specialty. If you don't do so well then just move on to something else.
Pinyin: zhuān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1236
Tags: lf_19987

Meaning: spread
Hanzi: 传
Story: Mr. T's specialty is spreading the love and smiling at everyone with his favorite gold teeth.
Pinyin: chuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1237
Tags: lf_20256

Meaning: rotate
Hanzi: 转
Story: The car's specialty, or, what makes the car special, is the tires that rotate. It would be nothing without those wheels!
Pinyin: zhuàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1238
Tags: lf_36716

Meaning: diligent
Hanzi: 勤
Story: Growing spinach takes muscle and a diligent personality.
Pinyin: qín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1239
Tags: lf_21220

Meaning: careful
Hanzi: 谨
Story: Be careful when you critique my mother's spinach recipe! She might give you a smack if you say the wrong words!
Pinyin: jǐn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1240
Tags: lf_35880

Meaning: droop
Hanzi: 垂
Story: For an old man with a walking stick, even a drop of silage to carry on his back will make him droop low down to the floor.
Pinyin: chuí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1241
Tags: lf_22402

Meaning: hammer
Hanzi: 锤
Story: A drooping hammer can still do a lot of damage if it falls. It's compact metal after all.
Pinyin: chuí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1242
Tags: lf_38180

Meaning: sleep
Hanzi: 睡
Story: Our eyes droop when we want to sleep.
Pinyin: shuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1243
Tags: lf_30561

Meaning: now
Hanzi: 今
Story: My MEETING is at seven but that's NOW!
Pinyin: jīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1244
Tags: lf_20170

Meaning: harbor
Hanzi: 含
Story: This clock harbors (includes) a mouth that will tell you what the time is now.  Visually impaired people have this kind of clock.
Pinyin: hán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1245
Tags: lf_21547

Meaning: miss
Hanzi: 念
Story: In your heart you miss someone so you always look at the clock wishing you'll see them soon.
Pinyin: niàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1246
Tags: lf_24565

Meaning: east
Hanzi: 东
Story: Pictograph of a rickshaw which are the traditional little cars found in the east.
Pinyin: dōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1247
Tags: lf_19996

Meaning: building
Hanzi: 栋
Story: To make a building you need a minimum of some trees and a rickshaw to carry the wood back and forth.
Pinyin: dòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1248
Tags: lf_26635

Meaning: freeze
Hanzi: 冻
Story: In the winter the ice freezes the rickshaw making it hard for people to live daily life.
Pinyin: dòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1249
Tags: lf_20923

Meaning: exhibit
Hanzi: 陈
Story: At the pinnacle the fruit markets like to hire rickshaws to roll around and exhibit their fruit to draw in customers.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1250
Tags: lf_38472

Meaning: practice
Hanzi: 练
Story: Spiderman likes to practice by dragging his stuff around on a rickshaw. He lets people put their stuff on top of it and walk behind him too.
Pinyin: liàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1251
Tags: lf_32451

Meaning: opt for
Hanzi: 拣
Story: If I had to choose between gripping a rickshaw with my fingers and pulling it or driving a taxi, I would totally opt for the taxi.
Pinyin: jiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1252
Tags: lf_25315

Meaning: west
Hanzi: 西
Story: The old west represented by a completely empty whiskey bottle whiskey bottle about one third full.
Pinyin: xī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1253
Tags: lf_35199

Meaning: want
Hanzi: 要
Story: It the old west women were badly wanted because of the proportion of men to women.
Pinyin: yào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1254
Tags: lf_35201

Meaning: waist
Hanzi: 腰
Story: After being sat down in the office too long, people often want to twist their waist to stretch their back sometimes making some cracking sounds from their body.
Pinyin: yāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1255
Tags: lf_33136

Meaning: ticket
Hanzi: 票
Story: In the Old West there were no ticket (ballot) boxes. Afraid of fraud and fighting among the gunslingers, the tickets were posted into a slot in the top of the local church altar instead. They may have been rough, but the cowboys wouldn't fight in the church.
Pinyin: piào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1256
Tags: lf_31080

Meaning: drift
Hanzi: 漂
Story: The presidential candidate threw the opposing candidate's ballots (tickets) into the water, watching them drift away.
Pinyin: piāo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1257
Tags: lf_28418

Meaning: merchant
Hanzi: 贾
Story: In the old west, merchants selling guns made the most shells.
Pinyin: jiǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1258
Tags: lf_36158

Meaning: south
Hanzi: 南
Story: South of my belt leads to good fortune and happiness.
Pinyin: nán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1259
Tags: lf_21335

Meaning: gate
Hanzi: 门
Story: Pictograph of a gate or door.
Pinyin: mén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1260
Tags: lf_38376

Meaning: (plural)
Hanzi: 们
Story: Mr. T notices that his gate fell off from the strong winds of last night's storm. 'The $@#k!? I don't need no gate! I need gateS (plural) foo!' he says to himself.
Pinyin: mén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1261
Tags: lf_20204

Meaning: leisure
Hanzi: 闲
Story: You peak through the gates to see the garden of eden, the ultimate location to spend leisure time with the trees.
Pinyin: xián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1262
Tags: lf_38386

Meaning: ask
Hanzi: 问
Story: The mouth at the gates of hell asks three questions. If you get them all right you can save yourself.
Pinyin: wèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1263
Tags: lf_38382

Meaning: interval
Hanzi: 间
Story: The interval between star systems (suns) was too large, so the stargates were creaated to travel between them.
Pinyin: jiān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1264
Tags: lf_38388

Meaning: simple
Hanzi: 简
Story: The simple form of the bamboo plant is in all its joints being at equal intervals.
Pinyin: jiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1265
Tags: lf_31616

Meaning: hear
Hanzi: 闻
Story: Press your ear to the gates and see if you can hear what is going on inside.
Pinyin: wén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1266
Tags: lf_38395

Meaning: non-
Hanzi: 非
Story: This looks like a pictograph of 3 fingers from each hand trying to open up a crack in a wall. That's an non-believable, I mean un-believable way to escape from prison OR the UN- have a prison in the Hague.
Pinyin: fēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1267
Tags: lf_38750

Meaning: row
Hanzi: 排
Story: Lined up in a row the jail cells all look the same from the guards' perspective. Each prisoner gives them the finger as they way by.
Pinyin: pái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1268
Tags: lf_25490

Meaning: guilt
Hanzi: 罪
Story: Guilty under the eyes of the law, therefore sentenced to a jail cell.
Pinyin: zuì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1269
Tags: lf_32618

Meaning: lean on
Hanzi: 靠
Story: Each prisoner uses his jail cell for his own little prison business. In this jail cell the prisoner has declared himself a shoulder to lean on for anyone who is having a tough time inside the walls.
Pinyin: kào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1270
Tags: lf_38752

Meaning: marquis
Hanzi: 侯
Story: Mr. T is made a marquis after he and the A-Team save the life of a duke. The duke also gives Mr. T the key to the gentleman's dart room where one can relax in luxury, smoke a cigar, and play a friendly game of darts. Mr. T eagerly accepts the key and places it on one of the gold chains that hang around his neck which acts as a key chain.
Pinyin: hóu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1271
Tags: lf_20399

Meaning: wait
Hanzi: 候
Story: The old Marquis carries a walking stick and spends most of his time waiting as he has grown old and patient.
Pinyin: hòu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1272
Tags: lf_20505

Meaning: decide
Hanzi: 决
Story: You can decide, death by guillotine or ice? I'd go for the guillotine for sure!
Pinyin: jué
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1273
Tags: lf_20915

Meaning: fast
Hanzi: 快
Story: A large crowd in a cheerful state of mind applaude each criminal as they become victims of the guillotine. They can't get those heads under the guillotine fast enough!
Pinyin: kuài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1274
Tags: lf_24555

Meaning: lump
Hanzi: 块
Story: After the guillotine drops and heads hit the ground, they become nothing more than a lump on top of the soil.
Pinyin: kuài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1275
Tags: lf_22359

Meaning: chopsticks
Hanzi: 筷
Story: Bamboo chopsticks have good grip so you can pick up the food as fast as possible.
Image: kuài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1276

Meaning: dry
Hanzi: 干
Story: Dry one item in ten minutes on the clothesline so you don't offend people with your dirty clothes.
Pinyin: gān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1277
Tags: lf_24178

Meaning: shore
Hanzi: 岸
Story: At the base of coastal mountain cliffs, there is always a shore of some sort like a beach. You often can see people lying there, drying off after a swim, and hanging there wet clothes on the public clotheslines.
Pinyin: àn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1278
Tags: lf_23736

Meaning: drought
Hanzi: 旱
Story: A drought is of course good drying weather, so everyone puts their clotheslines out under the sun.
Pinyin: hàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1279
Tags: lf_26097

Meaning: hurry
Hanzi: 赶
Story: When walking around don't hurry too much and start running through people's gardens or your might run into a clothesline.
Pinyin: gǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1280
Tags: lf_36214

Meaning: yu
Hanzi: 于
Story: Here we have a clothing conveyor which is represented by the clothesline character except with a little hook at the bottom which represents the Yu-turns the clothes making while traveling along the conveyer.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1281
Tags: lf_20110

Meaning: eaves
Hanzi: 宇
Story: Under the eaves of the house the poor family has potato plants.
Pinyin: yǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1282
Tags: lf_23431

Meaning: excess
Hanzi: 余
Story: You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the scales and fill it with little potatoes, thinking Moi (the french 'I') have found the perfect solution! No luck: the excess weight is too much.
Pinyin: yú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1283
Tags: lf_20313

Meaning: eliminate
Hanzi: 除
Story: To become a member of The Pinnacle, they test you on a scale. If your weight is in excess, they eliminate you.
Pinyin: chú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1284
Tags: lf_38500

Meaning: route
Hanzi: 途
Story: Trucks have many routes and must check in at the scales before they can get on the road.
Pinyin: tú
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1285
Tags: lf_36884

Meaning: bundle up
Hanzi: 束
Story: A stork has to bundle up the cute little bundle of joy. Here I see the proverbial stork with a baby hanging from its mouth flying straight into a tree. Painful, but he doesn't drop the bundle.
Pinyin: shù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1286
Tags: lf_26463

Meaning: quick
Hanzi: 速
Story: If you find a bundle of money on the road, pick it up quick before anyone notices.
Pinyin: sù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1287
Tags: lf_36895

Meaning: spicy hot
Hanzi: 辣
Story: Chili peppers are bundled together to make a spicy hot meal.
Pinyin: là
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1288
Tags: lf_36771

Meaning: entire
Hanzi: 整
Story: Recycling in Japan, you have to make sure all your bundles are correctly organized into entire groups otherwise the taskmasters won't accept them.
Pinyin: zhěng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1289
Tags: lf_25972

Meaning: heavy
Hanzi: 重
Story: The first computer in the world was as heavy as thousand computers are now.
Pinyin: zhòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1290
Tags: lf_37325

Meaning: understand
Hanzi: 懂
Story: A certain amount of heavy strength flowers can change your state of mind and make you very high. This can change how you understand the world.
Pinyin: dǒng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1291
Tags: lf_25026

Meaning: illness
Hanzi: 病
Story: Caveman got sick after flying third class. The cabin air and food got to him and created an illness. (Primitive: these all got MUCH easier when using CAVEMAN instead. ).
Pinyin: bìng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1292
Tags: lf_30149

Meaning: ache
Hanzi: 痛
Story: The caveman felt such an ache after his pogostick got stuck in his butt.
Pinyin: tòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1293
Tags: lf_30171

Meaning: insane
Hanzi: 疯
Story: Windstorms in the future bring a mental sickness which causes people to go insane.
Pinyin: fēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1294
Tags: lf_30127

Meaning: region
Hanzi: 区
Story: That's the homeless region of the city. Wolverine lives in a cardboard box there.
Pinyin: qū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1295
Tags: lf_21306

Meaning: hub
Hanzi: 枢
Story: The hub of the tree region is a train station which can put you on a train towards any part of the forest.
Pinyin: shū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1296
Tags: lf_26530

Meaning: europe
Hanzi: 欧
Story: "Europe? Yawn... I've been to every region(country/area),"" says Wolverine interviewed from his cardboard box."
Pinyin: ōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1297
Tags: lf_27431

Meaning: physician
Hanzi: 医
Story: The physician puts the cardboard box on his head and throws a dart at a chart to determine his patients' illnesses.
Pinyin: yī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1298
Tags: lf_21307

Meaning: look up to
Hanzi: 仰
Story: All stamps in Mr. T's collection box are lied carefully face-up. The other stamp collectors really look up to Mr. T and his expertise in stamp maintenance.
Pinyin: yǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1299
Tags: lf_20208

Meaning: greet
Hanzi: 迎
Story: Stamp collectors sit and wait on the road to greet new mail arrivals.
Pinyin: yíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1300
Tags: lf_36814

Meaning: ascend
Hanzi: 登
Story: When an American Indian warrior dies, his body is placed on a TABLE inside a TEEPEE, and a ritualistic ceremony is held to encourage his spirit to ASCEND to that big buffalo hunting ground in the sky.
Pinyin: dēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1301
Tags: lf_30331

Meaning: send out
Hanzi: 发
Story: The man likes to send out his little chihuahua friend as a courier to retrieve the paper every morning.
Pinyin: fā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1302
Tags: lf_21457

Meaning: discard
Hanzi: 废
Story: The evil businessman sends a courier to discard all of the evidence of his white collar crimes at the bottom of a cave.
Pinyin: fèi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1303
Tags: lf_24223

Meaning: shape
Hanzi: 形
Story: Everyone in the kindergarten came up with fun and interesting shapes made out of play doh, except for the kid with one arm. Seems like you really need both hands.
Pinyin: xíng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1304
Tags: lf_24418

Meaning: shadow
Hanzi: 影
Story: The sun over the capital casts a shadow with the same shape.
Pinyin: yǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1305
Tags: lf_24433

Meaning: hue
Hanzi: 彩
Story: You notice a colouring with a certain hue in a tree. You look more carefully and you make out the shape of a bird (claws).
Pinyin: cǎi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1306
Tags: lf_24425

Meaning: have to
Hanzi: 须
Story: I'm gonna have to re-shape your head if you don't give me what's mine!
Pinyin: xū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1307
Tags: lf_39035

Meaning: participate
Hanzi: 参
Story: I'm going to visit my grandpa and participate in his hospital rehab. He broke his elbow, and it became really big and contorted into a weird shape. I hope he will be all right!
Pinyin: cān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1308
Tags: lf_21442

Meaning: wretched
Hanzi: 惨
Story: Whenever I have to participate in family events with the relatives... that puts me in one hell of a wretched state of mind.
Pinyin: cǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1309
Tags: lf_24808

Meaning: repair
Hanzi: 修
Story: The taskmaster tells Mr. T that the best way to re-shape and repair the minds of the students is to beat them with a walking stick.
Pinyin: xiū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1310
Tags: lf_20462

Meaning: rare
Hanzi: 珍
Story: The king has a really rare shaped umbrella.
Pinyin: zhēn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1311
Tags: lf_29645

Meaning: products
Hanzi: 产
Story: You've stacked your products for so long you are higher than a cliff when you stand up on them.
Pinyin: chǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1312
Tags: lf_20135

Meaning: erudite
Hanzi: 彦
Story: An erudite young lad who managed to avoid death is standing atop a cliff, looking at the writhing shape of his fallen lass below.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1313
Tags: lf_24422

Meaning: countenance
Hanzi: 颜
Story: An erudite person using the countenance (facial expression) of their head to their advantage. One look at it and they get what they want.
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1314
Tags: lf_39068

Meaning: literature
Hanzi: 文
Story: The teacher puts a top hat on all pupils with gramatically correct sentences, while the rest are left with a big red X on their attempted literature.
Pinyin: wén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1315
Tags: lf_25991

Meaning: mosquito
Hanzi: 蚊
Story: The mosquito (an insect) understands only one sentence in literature class: Bzzzzz.
Pinyin: wén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1316
Tags: lf_34442

Meaning: this
Hanzi: 这
Story: The highlander chose THIS road in life.
Pinyin: zhè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1317
Tags: lf_36825

Meaning: identical
Hanzi: 齐
Story: Highlanders look identical when recovering from injury - all walking up and down the hills with crutches.
Pinyin: qí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1318
Tags: lf_40784

Meaning: relieve
Hanzi: 济
Story: People react in an identical way when drinking water. It relieves everyone!
Pinyin: jì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1319
Tags: lf_27982

Meaning: rate
Hanzi: 率
Story: The top hat wearing politicians increased the tax rate of cocoon sparklers due to the ten incidents the year before.
Pinyin: lǜ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1320
Tags: lf_29575

Meaning: tumble
Hanzi: 摔
Story: A high rate of giving people the finger means you might take a tumble one day when someone gets angry.
Pinyin: shuāi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1321
Tags: lf_25684

Meaning: center
Hanzi: 央
Story: You've got the St. Bernard dead center in your sights (the box).
Pinyin: yāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1322
Tags: lf_22830

Meaning: england
Hanzi: 英
Story: The original great seal of the king of England had a very ornate flower in the center.
Pinyin: yīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1323
Tags: lf_33521

Meaning: call out
Hanzi: 唤
Story: The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a victorian lady is her call out for help with her mouth and faint into a mans arms.
Pinyin: huàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1324
Tags: lf_21796

Meaning: exchange
Hanzi: 换
Story: The victorian lady decides to take up a part time job as a drug dealer for the thrill of it. Watch how smooth she is with her fingers when she makes an exchange. Can't even notice her right?!
Pinyin: huàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1325
Tags: lf_25442

Meaning: crust
Hanzi: 巴
Story: Looks like a slice of pizza, the top part being the crust and the hook at the bottom being the tip of the pizza slice.
Pinyin: bā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1326
Tags: lf_24052

Meaning: grasp
Hanzi: 把
Story: Grasp the pizza crust with your fingers.  Then pick it up and take a bite.
Pinyin: bǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1327
Tags: lf_25226

Meaning: papa
Hanzi: 爸
Story: My family keeps a mosaic of my father in the living room because he's a great guy. We call it 'Papa the Great'
Pinyin: bà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1328
Tags: lf_29240

Meaning: bar
Hanzi: 吧
Story: At good bars the beer is like a liquid mosaic, with exotic flavors mixed together like paints on a canvas. Except at the bar you can put the art in your mouth and drink it!
Pinyin: bā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1329
Tags: lf_21543

Meaning: color
Hanzi: 色
Story: Bound up in the Rubik's cube mosaic are the 6 different colors.
Pinyin: sè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1330
Tags: lf_33394

Meaning: discontinue
Hanzi: 绝
Story: The spiderman's multi-colored tie dye costume comic book series was discontinued after only one issue because of poor sales and fan protests.
Pinyin: jué
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1331
Tags: lf_32477

Meaning: gorgeous
Hanzi: 艳
Story: Bushes are not normally something of great beauty but these bushes are the most colorful in the world and quite a gorgeous thing to see.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1332
Tags: lf_33395

Meaning: sweet
Hanzi: 甘
Story: Little red riding hood is carrying around a wicker basket filled with sweet baked cookies for granny.
Pinyin: gān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1333
Tags: lf_29976

Meaning: such and such
Hanzi: 某
Story: A generic person (a 'such and such', or, 'so and so') is described here as having body sort of like a tree trunk and head sort of like a wicker basket.
Pinyin: mǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1334
Tags: lf_26576

Meaning: his-hers-its-theirs
Hanzi: 其
Story: A hamper storing a family worth of towels all marked with names - 'his-hers-its-theirs'
Pinyin: qí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1335
Tags: lf_20854

Meaning: period of time
Hanzi: 期
Story: The slowest remote chess game ever: a one month period of time between every move.
Pinyin: qī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1336
Tags: lf_26399

Meaning: base
Hanzi: 基
Story: Fundamentals of chess: use the rooks to protect your most important ground - the base where the king is.
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1337
Tags: lf_22522

Meaning: tremendously
Hanzi: 甚
Story: It's a tremendously exciting match between the two chess-players. They are clearly eachother's equal so now they'll battle it out with fish hooks!
Pinyin: shèn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1338
Tags: lf_29978

Meaning: sphinx
Hanzi: 斯
Story: In Egyptian chess instead of a rook you have a sphinx with an axe.
Pinyin: sī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1339
Tags: lf_26031

Meaning: expensive
Hanzi: 贵
Story: If you see a lady without an expensive outfit you can be sure you has a lot of shells in her purse.
Pinyin: guì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1340
Tags: lf_36149

Meaning: bequeath
Hanzi: 遗
Story: Bilbo bequeathes the 'precious', and expensive, ring to Frodo who will carry it on the long road to Mordor.
Pinyin: yí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1341
Tags: lf_36951

Meaning: dance
Hanzi: 舞
Story: The yakuza boss reclines in the oaken tub wearing his monocle while his personal harem dances naked for him.
Pinyin: wǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1342
Tags: lf_33310

Meaning: moreover
Hanzi: 且
Story: Moreover is a literary term to shelf what you had just been talking about, to come back to it later.
Pinyin: qiě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1343
Tags: lf_19988

Meaning: older sister
Hanzi: 姐
Story: An older sister in a rich Chinese household is often treated with such care that she is like a woman who is put on a shelf (shelves) like an ornament.
Pinyin: jiě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1344
Tags: lf_22992

Meaning: group
Hanzi: 组
Story: The leader of the spiderman group has tons of figurines lined up on his shelf.
Pinyin: zǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1345
Tags: lf_32452

Meaning: ancestor
Hanzi: 祖
Story: The ancestor worship is so common in Daoist and buddhist countries that you can buy tiny altars to put on the shelves, one for each deceased family member.
Pinyin: zǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1346
Tags: lf_31062

Meaning: assist
Hanzi: 助
Story: HELP! Someone's pinned under this bookshelf and it's gonna take a lot of muscle assistance to lift it off! Please assist!
Pinyin: zhù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1347
Tags: lf_21161

Meaning: universal
Hanzi: 普
Story: People at Universal Studios wait standing side by side in rows so long that the sun goes down.
Pinyin: pǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1348
Tags: lf_26222

Meaning: profession
Hanzi: 业
Story: In a profession you are standing side by side with others who do similar stuff but there is no limit to what you can do, hence the lack of the top part of 'side by side'.
Pinyin: yè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1349
Tags: lf_19994

Meaning: obvious
Hanzi: 显
Story: A sun profession? Well that's obvious, it must be an astronomer!
Pinyin: xiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1350
Tags: lf_26174

Meaning: asia
Hanzi: 亚
Story: It seems like there is just one profession in Asia - businessman.
Pinyin: yà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1351
Tags: lf_20122

Meaning: evil
Hanzi: 恶
Story: Asian people might be very polite sometimes but their heart could still be evil underneath.
Pinyin: è
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1352
Tags: lf_24694

Meaning: strict
Hanzi: 严
Story: Asian countries have become so strict that if children don't finish their homework they are thrown off a cliff.
Pinyin: yán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1353
Tags: lf_20005

Meaning: together
Hanzi: 共
Story: Noah's Ark - Noah kept plenty of salad on board to entice the animals with their animal legs to scurry on board together, two by two.
Pinyin: gòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1354
Tags: lf_20849

Meaning: supply
Hanzi: 供
Story: Mr. T works together with other gold lovers to supply gold chains for everyone!
Pinyin: gōng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1355
Tags: lf_20379

Meaning: lane
Hanzi: 巷
Story: In this place similar pets stay together when outside, such as a walking lane on the sidewalk for dogs, and a slithering lane for snakes.
Pinyin: xiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1356
Tags: lf_24055

Meaning: port
Hanzi: 港
Story: Lanes of water typically end up washed out into the port water.
Pinyin: gǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1357
Tags: lf_28207

Meaning: well
Hanzi: 井
Story: I nearly died by falling in a well. Actually, on two separate occasions. I'm glad to see they've added these fence posts. Now the well will be much safer.
Pinyin: jǐng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1358
Tags: lf_20117

Meaning: lecture
Hanzi: 讲
Story: Boring lectures can seem like and endless well of words.
Pinyin: jiǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1359
Tags: lf_35762

Meaning: advance
Hanzi: 进
Story: A race car driver ran into a well at the farm race track (road) and couldn't advance in the tournament.
Pinyin: jìn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1360
Tags: lf_36827

Meaning: utilize
Hanzi: 用
Story: To tenderize meat in an emergency wilderness situation, just utilize your big walking stick!
Pinyin: yòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1361
Tags: lf_29992

Meaning: angle
Hanzi: 角
Story: A museum display of two walking sticks bound up together under a glass canopy, showing the first device utilized to measure an angle.
Pinyin: jiǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1362
Tags: lf_35282

Meaning: reliable
Hanzi: 确
Story: The new most reliable safes are those made from stone.
Pinyin: què
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1363
Tags: lf_30830

Meaning: untie
Hanzi: 解
Story: Did you know that you can untie (unravel) a cow? If you stick a saber in it at exactly the correct angle, the whole cow will just unravel.
Pinyin: jiě
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1364
Tags: lf_35299

Meaning: orifice
Hanzi: 嘴
Story: Discussing sexual positions - this angle is the best for this orifice (the mouth).
Pinyin: zuǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1365
Tags: lf_22068

Meaning: once more
Hanzi: 再
Story: The king has eaten too much and has to get a new belt once more (again). See his fat rolls hanging over?
Pinyin: zài
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1366
Tags: lf_20877

Meaning: flat
Hanzi: 扁
Story: The door to the hidden tome is a secret one laying flat as a part of the ground instead of upright so it's hard to notice.
Pinyin: biǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1367
Tags: lf_25153

Meaning: piece of writing
Hanzi: 篇
Story: Each flat piece of writing in the celebrity's famous scrapbook is delivered by post, and sits resting on your doorstep for when you get home. Of course, it might blow away so the postman has put heavy bamboo blocks on top of it.
Pinyin: piān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1368
Tags: lf_31687

Meaning: compile
Hanzi: 编
Story: Spiderman secrectly compiles a collection of his own comics ordered by his favorite book covers
Pinyin: biān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1369
Tags: lf_32534

Meaning: canon
Hanzi: 典
Story: Don't put the canon on the tool bench. It's too heavy and will make it bend.
Pinyin: diǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1370
Tags: lf_20856

Meaning: family name
Hanzi: 氏
Story: Looks a bit like Ft => Family title => Family name.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1371
Tags: lf_27663

Meaning: paper
Hanzi: 纸
Story: Spiderman never signs his family name on any paper for fear of people matching his signature with Peter Parker's.
Pinyin: zhǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1372
Tags: lf_32440

Meaning: dusk
Hanzi: 昏
Story: At dusk every day I go out in one of those airplanes that leaves a vapour trail and write my family name just above the setting sun. (I have to wait until dusk so that the sun is low enough in the sky).
Pinyin: hūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1373
Tags: lf_26127

Meaning: marriage
Hanzi: 婚
Story: Marriage is the day in this woman's life where she gets a new family name and has the best sleep she's ever had at dusk.
Pinyin: hūn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1374
Tags: lf_23130

Meaning: low
Hanzi: 低
Story: Mr. T travels to Japan and knows he must bow low when presenting his calling card.
Pinyin: dī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1375
Tags: lf_20302

Meaning: bottom
Hanzi: 底
Story: I put all those useless business cards at the bottom of a cave.
Pinyin: dǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1376
Tags: lf_24213

Meaning: people
Hanzi: 民
Story: The people of the world always want to shout their family names out of their mouths with pride.
Pinyin: mín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1377
Tags: lf_27665

Meaning: slumber
Hanzi: 眠
Story: In an Orwellian sense, the eye watching the people never slumbers.
Pinyin: mián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1378
Tags: lf_30496

Meaning: fu
Hanzi: 甫
Story: A soldier named Fu's dogtags.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1379
Tags: lf_29995

Meaning: supplement
Hanzi: 辅
Story: To supplement his business a cart owner decorates his cart with his dog tags to draw in customers who respect his previous military service.
Pinyin: fǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1380
Tags: lf_36741

Meaning: knowledgeable
Hanzi: 博
Story: You have ten gummed labels (adhesive labels showing ownership) on books you wrote.  That grants you the title of knowledgeable Dr.
Pinyin: bó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1381
Tags: lf_21338

Meaning: wrestle
Hanzi: 搏
Story: Trying to remove a gummed label is quite a task. Your fingers will wrestle with the label for a while before you completely get it off.
Pinyin: bó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1382
Tags: lf_25615

Meaning: metropolis
Hanzi: 都
Story: The puppet lives close to the city walls and sits on top of them at night to see a great view of the lights of the metropolis.
Pinyin: dū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1383
Tags: lf_37117

Meaning: department
Hanzi: 部
Story: Workers do construction on the city walls but they are too noisy so residents call the police department to muzzle them.
Pinyin: bù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1384
Tags: lf_37096

Meaning: young man
Hanzi: 郎
Story: The daughter is a halo (good) girl that grows up to be a woman. The son is a halo of a young man that grows up to defend the city walls.
Pinyin: láng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1385
Tags: lf_37070

Meaning: help
Hanzi: 帮
Story: Within the city walls there is no lack of help. Bushes help you breathe fresh air and towels are offered at all of the gyms and bathhouses.
Pinyin: bāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1386
Tags: lf_24110

Meaning: countryside
Hanzi: 乡
Story: The long stroke on the end of this cocoon represents how wildlife is always bigger in the countryside. Look at this massive cocoon.
Pinyin: xiāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1387
Tags: lf_20065

Meaning: section
Hanzi: 段
Story: Staples and missiles are made in different sections of the factory.
Pinyin: duàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1388
Tags: lf_27573

Meaning: forge
Hanzi: 锻
Story: The metal is forged in a certain section of the country containing many metal factories.
Pinyin: duàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1389
Tags: lf_38203

Meaning: unreal
Hanzi: 幻
Story: After the unreal play, The Phantasm of the Opera hangs up his cape on a clothes hanger and returns to his cocoon to sleep.
Pinyin: huàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1390
Tags: lf_24187

Meaning: take charge of
Hanzi: 司
Story: "The porn director has one big mouth so he can take charge of the show. ""Don't bother putting your clothes on a clothes hanger, just get started.""."
Pinyin: sī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1391
Tags: lf_21496

Meaning: word
Hanzi: 词
Story: When you say sentences you are taking charge of the words of a language.
Pinyin: cí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1392
Tags: lf_35789

Meaning: book
Hanzi: 书
Story: A simple old man always carries a book around with him. Other than that he has a key, a walking stick, and clothes hangers at home.
Pinyin: shū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1393
Tags: lf_20070

Meaning: boat
Hanzi: 舟
Story: I see this hanzi as a pictograph of a two story boat seen from the front. The glass canopy is the body of the boat. The drop on top is the chimney. The horizontal line is the ceiling/floor between the the 1st/2nd floor. Finally, the two drops in the middle are the lights on the decks.
Pinyin: zhōu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1394
Tags: lf_33311

Meaning: ship
Hanzi: 船
Story: A boy floats his toy boat in a gully and imagines it as an immense ship blowing in the wind.
Pinyin: chuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1395
Tags: lf_33337

Meaning: sort
Hanzi: 般
Story: Boats carry all sorts of stuff, even missiles.
Pinyin: bān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1396
Tags: lf_33324

Meaning: tray
Hanzi: 盘
Story: A boat is similar to a dish, but a boat is a tray to carry people and a dish is a tray to carry food.
Pinyin: pán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1397
Tags: lf_30424

Meaning: relocate
Hanzi: 搬
Story: A factory requires workers to sort things quickly with their fingers.  If they can't carry on and don't sort quickly enough they will be relocated to a new factory with lower pay.
Pinyin: bān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1398
Tags: lf_25644

Meaning: melon
Hanzi: 瓜
Story: Ok, sorry to be crude... if you claw at a girls melons, she is gonna give you the elbow.
Pinyin: guā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1399
Tags: lf_29916

Meaning: orphan
Hanzi: 孤
Story: An orphan is a child who will never know the joys of sucking on his mother's melons........
Pinyin: gū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1400
Tags: lf_23396

Meaning: benefit
Hanzi: 益
Story: The benefit of having sharp horns and fast animal legs is that an animal can get to the food dish first.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1401
Tags: lf_30410

Meaning: vacation
Hanzi: 假
Story: The last time Mr. T took a vacation was when he was young and had gold braces instead of necklaces. Nowadays the word 'vacation' isn't even in his vocabulary!
Pinyin: jià
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1402
Tags: lf_20551

Meaning: spare time
Hanzi: 暇
Story: Some jackass-like people have way too much spare time. You can find video's of them all over the internet, if you like such things, you can watch it all day. You see them stapling their mouths shut, or throwing eachother upside down in boxes or kicking each other in the crotch.
Pinyin: xiá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1403
Tags: lf_26247

Meaning: air
Hanzi: 气
Story: At night I hang the fishhook on the wall, recline floor bed and take a deep breath of fresh air before relaxing.
Pinyin: qì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1404
Tags: lf_27668

Meaning: vapor
Hanzi: 汽
Story: Water vapor is like the air (or gas in this case) form of water but a bit thicker.
Pinyin: qì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1405
Tags: lf_27773

Meaning: face-to-face
Hanzi: 面
Story: When you come face-to-face with him and Jim Carrey puts on The Mask, he can make it seem like he has a hundred eyes popping out of his head.
Pinyin: miàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1406
Tags: lf_38754

Meaning: leather
Hanzi: 革
Story: You can feed twenty mouths for a year for the price of ten leather coats.
Pinyin: gé
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1407
Tags: lf_38761

Meaning: shoes
Hanzi: 鞋
Story: If you work with bricks you are going to need some tough leather shoes.
Pinyin: xié
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1408
Tags: lf_38795

Meaning: tighten
Hanzi: 勒
Story: After people tighten up their physique and get some muscle they like to show off in leather outfits.
Pinyin: lè
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1409
Tags: lf_21202

Meaning: fragrant
Hanzi: 馨
Story: In the old days during the civil war the general would bring in incense to calm all the men because it would remind them of the fragrant perfume their wives would wear back home.
Pinyin: xīn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1410
Tags: lf_39336

Meaning: voice
Hanzi: 声
Story: When an enemy's flag is raised, a true soldier can split it in half with just his voice.
Pinyin: shēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1411
Tags: lf_22768

Meaning: undertake
Hanzi: 承
Story: To get someone to completely acquiesce and undertake your request it takes three dunks in the water before they give.
Pinyin: chéng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1412
Tags: lf_25215

Meaning: steam
Hanzi: 蒸
Story: Looks like veggies (flowers) being steamed with a cooking fire on the bottom, water on the fire, and the veggies catching the steam and cooking above.
Pinyin: zhēng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1413
Tags: lf_33976

Meaning: tooth
Hanzi: 牙
Story: The hanzi looks like an elephant with tusks (tooth). The box is the elephant's eye. The final stroke is the tusk.
Pinyin: yá
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1414
Tags: lf_29273

Meaning: pass through
Hanzi: 穿
Story: A hole in your tooth means you need to pass through the dentist's office for a quick filling.
Pinyin: chuān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1415
Tags: lf_31359

Meaning: wow!
Hanzi: 呀
Story: A great mouth of teeth, wow!
Pinyin: yā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1416
Tags: lf_21568

Meaning: explain
Hanzi: 释
Story: It's impossible to explain but there is a farmer who always gets an itch in his crotch when animals are eating his cornstalks. He does outside and sure enough he finds animal tracks.
Pinyin: shì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1417
Tags: lf_37322

Meaning: try
Hanzi: 番
Story: The farmers take it in turns to try watch out for any animal tracks on their rice field. Sometimes there are just too many of them to handle.
Pinyin: fān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1418
Tags: lf_30058

Meaning: turn over
Hanzi: 翻
Story: Don't play dice with birds. When you're not looking, they'll turn over the dice by flipping it with their feathers.
Pinyin: fān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1419
Tags: lf_32763

Meaning: broadcast
Hanzi: 播
Story: The famous dice player uses a finger technique to roll the numbers he wants everytime. He'll never broadcast his secrets to the public so don't even try to ask him.
Pinyin: bō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1420
Tags: lf_25773

Meaning: fur
Hanzi: 毛
Story: I've heard of people having hair on the back of their hands, but this is ridiculous! That's not hair, that's fur!
Pinyin: máo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1421
Tags: lf_27611

Meaning: tail
Hanzi: 尾
Story: A dog waves its furry tail like a flag.
Pinyin: wěi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1422
Tags: lf_23614

Meaning: pen
Hanzi: 笔
Story: These days pens come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. This one is a girly pen with a decorative bamboo fur coming out of the top of it.
Pinyin: bǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1423
Tags: lf_31508

Meaning: entrust
Hanzi: 托
Story: When you entrust a friend with something important, they pluck a fur ball from their cat with their fingers and give it to you as a sign of trust that they will hold up their end of the bargain.
Pinyin: tuō
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1424
Tags: lf_25176

Meaning: dwelling
Hanzi: 宅
Story: Home is the dwelling where the hair is. Oh, I mean, home is the dwelling where the fur ball is.
Pinyin: zhái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1425
Tags: lf_23429

Meaning: unfold
Hanzi: 展
Story: You use an American flag to wrap up a salad for a picnic and bind it with a hairpin. Now imagine unfolding it to open up the bounty you've fixed up for yourself.
Pinyin: zhǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1426
Tags: lf_23637

Meaning: funeral
Hanzi: 丧
Story: On this soil was the funeral of a zoologist. Her friends stuck some animal horns in the soil and buried her with her favorite hairpin.
Pinyin: sàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1427
Tags: lf_20007

Meaning: long
Hanzi: 长
Story: An archaeologist comes across an animal leg and an animal horn. Strangely the horn is as long as the leg, so he wonders what kind of animal it could've possibly been!
Pinyin: cháng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1428
Tags: lf_38271

Meaning: stretch
Hanzi: 张
Story: To make a bow shoot an arrow a long distance you must stretch the bow to put more force on the arrow.
Pinyin: zhāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1429
Tags: lf_24352

Meaning: swell
Hanzi: 涨
Story: While doing stretches in the pool water with my swimming class I bumped heads with another student and started to swell.
Pinyin: zhǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1430
Tags: lf_28072

Meaning: wild goose
Hanzi: 雁
Story: I've been sent to chase the wild goose! I'm here at the top of the cliff, and I can hear Mr. T and that tricky turkey down there snickering about sending me on a search for the wild goose.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1431
Tags: lf_38593

Meaning: ought to
Hanzi: 应
Story: You ought to be careful and tiptoe on the cave floor so as not to awaken the angry owl.
Pinyin: yīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1432
Tags: lf_24212

Meaning: excitement
Hanzi: 兴
Story: Owls aren't known for their animal legs but wait till you see this one hit the dance floor and make it explode with excitement!
Pinyin: xīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1433
Tags: lf_20852

Meaning: lift up
Hanzi: 举
Story: A farmer's excitement has everything to do with his cornstalk yield. If it's a good season he likes to lift up his son and throws him in the air!
Pinyin: jǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1434
Tags: lf_20030

Meaning: examine
Hanzi: 检
Story: After the hippies examine the trees and determine they are okay they have a big hootenanny (folk music party).
Pinyin: jiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1435
Tags: lf_26816

Meaning: face
Hanzi: 脸
Story: At any hootenanny the guys go after the girls with the nicest faces, the most important part of the body in this case.
Pinyin: liǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1436
Tags: lf_33080

Meaning: perilous
Hanzi: 险
Story: Being at such a high elevation, having a hootenanny at the pinnacle can be a perilous activity if it's too close to the cliffs.
Pinyin: xiǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1437
Tags: lf_38505

Meaning: bird
Hanzi: 鸟
Story: Pictograph of a bird. See the tail as the bottom stroke. You can figure it out!
Pinyin: niǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1438
Tags: lf_40479

Meaning: chicken
Hanzi: 鸡
Story: The bird meat of choice in China is the chicken. They eat all of it, including the crotch!
Pinyin: jī
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1439
Tags: lf_40481

Meaning: hawk
Hanzi: 鹰
Story: Here we see the birdman relaxing in his cave with his favorite bird, the hawk.
Pinyin: yīng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1440
Tags: lf_40560

Meaning: duck
Hanzi: 鸭
Story: It's a little known fact that the duck was the first bird to roam the earth. Not really, but an easy mnemonic!
Pinyin: yā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1441
Tags: lf_40493

Meaning: island
Hanzi: 岛
Story: This bird is resting comfortably on top of the island mountain.
Pinyin: dǎo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1442
Tags: lf_23707

Meaning: encounter
Hanzi: 遇
Story: I was finally able to score an encounter with the wisest being around: Jiminy Cricket. However, his schedule is really packed, so they had to squeeze me in while his tour bus drove down the road between gigs.
Pinyin: yù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1443
Tags: lf_36935

Meaning: deficient
Hanzi: 缺
Story: Come on, a guillotine made from tin cans? It's deficient, not going to work out well.
Pinyin: quē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1444
Tags: lf_32570

Meaning: remote
Hanzi: 遥
Story: On the long long road through the remote desert, far off you can see a condor flying...
Pinyin: yáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1445
Tags: lf_36965

Meaning: shake
Hanzi: 摇
Story: If you come across orange juice in a tin can form then you'll have to shake it up before you pry the lid off with your fingers.
Pinyin: yáo
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1446
Tags: lf_25671

Meaning: rabbit
Hanzi: 兔
Story: Pictograph of a rabbit. I see the human legs as its big feet, the mouth as its body, and the bound up part as its long ears. The drop is a little piece of carrot that fell out of its mouth.
Pinyin: tù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1447
Tags: lf_20820

Meaning: flee
Hanzi: 逸
Story: Here Bugs Bunny flees down the road from Elmer Fudd the hunter, once again.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1448
Tags: lf_36920

Meaning: avoid
Hanzi: 免
Story: Unlike the rabbit from earlier this hare avoids carrots because he doesn't buy into the hype that they are good for your eyes. Notice the lack of the drop?
Pinyin: miǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1449
Tags: lf_20813

Meaning: nightfall
Hanzi: 晚
Story: At nightfall people are happy to be able to avoid the hot sun.
Pinyin: wǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1450
Tags: lf_26202

Meaning: elephant
Hanzi: 象
Story: An elephant has huge ears, like a rabbit, and a big, fat body, like a sow.
Pinyin: xiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1451
Tags: lf_35937

Meaning: likeness
Hanzi: 像
Story: The statue of liberty is being replaced by a statue of much likeness - Mr. T riding an elephant.
Pinyin: xiàng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1452
Tags: lf_20687

Meaning: horse
Hanzi: 马
Story: Looks kind of like a horse's face, the horizontal bottom stroke being the mouth.
Pinyin: mǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1453
Tags: lf_39532

Meaning: mama
Hanzi: 妈
Story: A good mama is a woman who works like a horse even if she has no job.
Pinyin: mā
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1454
Tags: lf_22920

Meaning: yes or no
Hanzi: 吗
Story: A horse can't make words out of its mouth but it can certainly shake its head yes or no.
Pinyin: ma
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1455
Tags: lf_21527

Meaning: scold
Hanzi: 骂
Story: The chatterbox horse kept his owner up all night so the owner scolded him. You could hear that blabber mouth in his stable from inside the house!
Pinyin: mà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1456
Tags: lf_39554

Meaning: check
Hanzi: 验
Story: This horse makes his checks be doing little shows at hootenannies instead of by racing.
Pinyin: yàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1457
Tags: lf_39564

Meaning: ride
Hanzi: 骑
Story: Going on a horse ride in the countryside you are bound to run into something strange, especially strange animals.
Pinyin: qí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1458
Tags: lf_39569

Meaning: tiger
Hanzi: 虎
Story: If you want to take cover from the windy storm in a tiger's cave, you better have a magic wand with you in case the tiger gets hungry. Keep spoons out of its sight so it doesn't think of food.
Pinyin: hǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1459
Tags: lf_34382

Meaning: ponder
Hanzi: 虑
Story: Ponder with prudence before you enter the tiger cave. Don't think with your heart.
Pinyin: lǜ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1460
Tags: lf_34385

Meaning: false
Hanzi: 虚
Story: A tiger profession at the circus involves 'taming' the tiger. This is a false hope because a tiger can never be truly tamed.
Pinyin: xū
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1461
Tags: lf_34394

Meaning: deer
Hanzi: 鹿
Story: Bambi (the Disney deer) wanders into a cave and sees a side order of salad and 2 spoons...but what's the main course?
Pinyin: lù
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1462
Tags: lf_40575

Meaning: bear
Hanzi: 熊
Story: Most don't know it, but bears have the ability to walk on a cooking fire. They're invincible creatures!
Pinyin: xióng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1463
Tags: lf_29066

Meaning: ability
Hanzi: 能
Story: The amputee has no hands but only stumps of flesh beneath his elbows. To give him the ability to eat he has two spoons implanted in his arm stumps, one in each side.
Pinyin: néng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1464
Tags: lf_33021

Meaning: sign of the tiger
Hanzi: 寅
Story: If you draw the sign of the tiger on the ceiling of your house, you will sprout tiger's legs (animal legs) and be able to run and pounce like the big cats yourself.
Image: yín
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1465

Meaning: perform
Hanzi: 演
Story: That was some great performance! He caused the water to shoot up into the air and form the sign of the tiger in airborne droplets. You sure missed a great performance!
Pinyin: yǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1466
Tags: lf_28436

Meaning: sign of the dragon
Hanzi: 辰
Story: Bruce Lee (sign of the dragon) is such a badass he climbed a sheer vertical cliff using only two hairpins.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1467
Tags: lf_36784

Meaning: morning
Hanzi: 晨
Story: Bruce Lee wakes up before the sun comes up in the early morning.
Pinyin: chén
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1468
Tags: lf_26216

Meaning: shut
Hanzi: 关
Story: In heaven you will get shut out if the angels detect animal horns on your head representing your evil nature.
Pinyin: guān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1469
Tags: lf_20851

Meaning: deliver
Hanzi: 送
Story: After worshipping the golden calf, God delivered the Jews on a long road through the wilderness.
Pinyin: sòng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1470
Tags: lf_36865

Meaning: unite
Hanzi: 联
Story: The golden calf has the power to unite the people as long as they open their ears and listen to it.
Pinyin: lián
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1471
Tags: lf_32852

Meaning: ghost
Hanzi: 鬼
Story: A ghost wandering slowly on its human legs dragging its elbow-like tail, searching for a drop of brains to eat.
Pinyin: guǐ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1472
Tags: lf_39740

Meaning: demon
Hanzi: 魔
Story: The demon sold me some hemp that made me see ghosts don't do drugs.
Pinyin: mó
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1473
Tags: lf_39764

Meaning: dragon
Hanzi: 龙
Story: The dragons favorite meal - frankenpooch soup, which he eats with a spoon.
Pinyin: lóng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1474
Tags: lf_40857

Meaning: raid
Hanzi: 袭
Story: When police went on raids long ago, they would wear dragon skin armored clothing.
Pinyin: xí
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1475
Tags: lf_34989

Meaning: that
Hanzi: 那
Story: If you arrive with razor wire at the city walls, expect some interrogatives before they'll let you in like 'What the heck is that!?'.
Pinyin: nà
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1476
Tags: lf_37027

Meaning: which?
Hanzi: 哪
Story: "The store employee asks ""which one?"" and you respond with your mouth ""that one"".  "
Pinyin: nǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1477
Tags: lf_21738

Meaning: dos
Hanzi: 两
Story: We can see dos (Spanish for 'two') people wrapped in a belt.
Pinyin: liǎng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1478
Tags: lf_20004

Meaning: duo
Hanzi: 俩
Story: This duo of performing artists is Mr. T's favorite. They tell jokes while strapped together with a yoke (wooden piece which holds animals together such as cows).
Pinyin: liǎ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1479
Tags: lf_20457

Meaning: full
Hanzi: 满
Story: These flowers are getting watered. They are in flower pots which sit in the holes of a yoke. It wasn't being used for animals anymore so the owner thought he would make it full with flower pots holder.
Pinyin: mǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1480
Tags: lf_28385

Meaning: county
Hanzi: 县
Story: One county that doesn't like another builds a wall for separation. You can imagine the eyes of the residents when someone from the other side hops over the wall to see what's going on.
Pinyin: xiàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1481
Tags: lf_21439

Meaning: suspend
Hanzi: 悬
Story: The boy was stupid but teachers were okay with that. It was only when they decided he had a bad heart that they suspended him from all of the schools in the county.
Pinyin: xuán
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1482
Tags: lf_24748

Meaning: window
Hanzi: 窗
Story: These days we have GPS in cars, but before that we just looked out the holes of our car (windows) to see where to go.
Pinyin: chuāng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1483
Tags: lf_31383

Meaning: electricity
Hanzi: 电
Story: Looks like Benjamin Franklin out flying a kite to test electricity.
Pinyin: diàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1484
Tags: lf_30005

Meaning: conceal
Hanzi: 掩
Story: Before you get on a hangglider you use your fingers to conceal all of your personal belonging in your pockets.
Pinyin: yǎn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1485
Tags: lf_25513

Meaning: clown
Hanzi: 丑
Story: This is the master lock-picking clown using a pin as a key here.
Pinyin: chǒu
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1486
Tags: lf_19985

Meaning: twist
Hanzi: 扭
Story: A clown is always asking people to twist his hand or pull his finger to get a surprise.
Pinyin: niǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1487
Tags: lf_25197

Meaning: yellow
Hanzi: 黄
Story: The salad did not look very appetizing... The sprouts were yellow and there were animal legs sticking out of it.
Pinyin: huáng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1488
Tags: lf_40644

Meaning: horizontal
Hanzi: 横
Story: A tree went all yellow. It died and fell down, ending up horizontal.
Pinyin: héng
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1489
Tags: lf_27178

Meaning: crimson
Hanzi: 赤
Story: He was stabbed with a dagger, and little drops of crimson blood dropped onto the ground.
Pinyin: chì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1490
Tags: lf_36196

Meaning: likewise
Hanzi: 亦
Story: The man with a top hat has a nice dagger which he uses for protection. Likewise his dog has strong animal legs which it protects itself with by running.
Pinyin: yì
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1491
Tags: lf_20134

Meaning: curved
Hanzi: 弯
Story: Curve (curved) the bow just right as you pull back the string to hit the apple dead center and knock it out of the tree.
Pinyin: wān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1492
Tags: lf_24367

Meaning: bay
Hanzi: 湾
Story: In his most daring feat, William tell used his bow to shoot an apple off the head of his son across the water of the bay.
Pinyin: wān
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1493
Tags: lf_28286

Meaning: be enamored of
Hanzi: 恋
Story: The romance between Snow White and Prince Charming started when Snow White took a bite of poison apple and her heart stopped. Ever since Prince charming couldn't help but be enamored of Snow White.
Pinyin: liàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1494
Tags: lf_24651

Meaning: change
Hanzi: 变
Story: The apple looks like a crotch when a worm is sticking out of it. Sorry it's a little dirty but I can't seem to change!
Pinyin: biàn
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1495
Tags: lf_21464

Meaning: lowly
Hanzi: 卑
Story: A lowly single rice grain, dropped in an empty rice field, can produce a cornucopia of food.
Pinyin: bēi
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1496
Tags: lf_21329

Meaning: brand
Hanzi: 牌
Story: There are tons of knife brands with infomercials which claim that one lowly slice can cut through anything.
Pinyin: pái
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1497
Tags: lf_29260

Meaning: cover
Hanzi: 套
Story: Tall people need big long covers for when they go to bed.
Pinyin: tào
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1498
Tags: lf_22871

Meaning: sayeth
Hanzi: 曰
Story: "Sayeth""?! Who the hell says ""sayeth""? Doesn't seem quite right...just like this hanzi, which is just like ""day"" but doesn't seem ""quite right.""."
Pinyin: yuē
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1499
Tags: lf_26352

Meaning: belong to
Hanzi: 属
Story: These bugs BELONG TO an extremist group promoting insect independence. They are parading the FLAG of their group, the Nationalist GNATS, and wearing explosives BELTS for their planned terrorist war.
Pinyin: shǔ
Other fields (not shown on cards):
Number: 1500
Tags: lf_23646