1-200 BASIC HANZI Flashcards

Question 1

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十

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二

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三

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sān three

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口

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kǒu mouth

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日

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几

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jǐ (jī) several

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也

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不

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bù (bú) not

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木

Question 10

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机

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jī machine

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杯

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人

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rén person

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他

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力

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lì power

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女

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nǚ woman

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她

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子

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好

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hǎo (hào) good

Question 19

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人

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“tent”

Question 20

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个

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gè number of items 19

Question 21

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八

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bā eight

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儿

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ér (r) boy

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白

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bái white

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丶

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勹

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勺

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sháo ladle

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的

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de(dí) of

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囗

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四

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乂

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文

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wén culture 25

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辶

Question 33

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这

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zhè this

Question 34

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门

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mén gate

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们

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men people

Question 36

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止

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zhǐ stop

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正

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zhèng upright

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疋

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yǎ upright

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是

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手

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shǒu (扌) hand

Question 41

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戈

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gē dagger

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我

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中

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zhōng middle

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厶

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么

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me “appendage”

Question 46

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什

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shén what?

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五

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七

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qī seven

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九

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jiǔ nine

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六

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百

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bǎi hundred

Question 52

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边

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biān side

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卜

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bǔ; bo fortune teller

Question 54

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上

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shàng above

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下

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xià below

Question 56

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马

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mǎ horse

Question 57

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吗

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ma question mark

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妈

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大

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dà (dài) big

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太

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tài too much

Question 61

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夫

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fū husband

Question 62

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小

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xiǎo small

The small wheel has to be turned to operate the shower, but the Twin Teddies have to stand one on top of the other to reach it.

Question 63

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尔

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ěr thou

Imagine two fastidious courtiers bowing to each other by a small gap in the fence. “after THOU,” one says. “No, after thou!” and so on. / What on earth are they doing?, Teddy wonders.

Question 64

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你

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nǐ you

“Harry, thou art clever,” says the wise Mickey Mouse. “Why don’t you just say “YOU”?” Harry replies. / Teddy gets all excited and starts singing, “No need to kneel, no need to kneel.”

Answer 44

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yòu right hand

Mickey and Goofy on unicycles meet in the street - each extends his right hand while balancing on a single wheel, and they shake hands again and again. The Dwarf comes rushing past (nearly sending them flying) - he’s late for his yoga class and in no mood to be impressed.

Answer 45

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yǒu friend

They run along (right) hand in (left) hand, the best of friends - Mickey and Goofy. / But the mischievous Teddy is waiting, and as they pass he says “Y’all fagots.”, flicks his yoyo out and they fall down in a tangle of string (like real faggots).

Answer 46

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tǔ earth

Grizzly says: “Being married has its pluses and minuses. One plus someone does your laundry. / Look at you, why is EARTH on your clothes, Pooh?” “Cause I just had two girls, right here, there’s no minus to that.”

Answer 47

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dì; de 1. ground 2. -ly

“I’ll govern the Earth”, says Brutus. “You too ditched me?” asks Caesar, shocked. “Right - I’ll confiscate the GROUNDfloor of your palace, you’ll be underground, hahaha!” (A posse is pursuing Brutus, and the sheriff Wiggum dismounts to look at the spent bullets) “the earth has also been disturbed,” he says, “they’re heading for higher GROUND.” / His Dwarf deputy takes a few men on a detour (to head them off at the pass …)

(E.T.’s landing party has returned to the spaceship from the planet) “We didn’t just get samples of earth, we also found some great alien artefacts, so treat them gentle.” “GentLY,” corrects the Gyro Gearloose (who is a stickler for grammar). / “And can somebody go and sort out the robot - he’s miserable because he’s got so dusty” (collecting the earth samples).

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地下 (43) dì xià undergroun

Answer 48

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cái talent

Radical leftist Ulrike Meinhoff has a TALENT for spinning a stick
around her left hand. She even went to the Talent TV show, but
they dragged her out and she didn’t say a word. / The Fairy wrote about it in Die Zeit.

Answer 49

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zài at

At the flower show in Litomerice, the Dwarf, who organizes things,
sends a text to all the visitors that “the expert gardener Petra, who
has a special talent for planting things in the earth, will be @ the
main marquee to answer questions” Petra criticizes him for writing
@ instead of at. But the Dwarf ignores her and just plays a couple
of notes on his xylophone to summon them.

Answer 50

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+ 一 “swoop”

The unicorn (dressed as a detective Sherlock) walks across a 
meadow in Domasin and finds a cocoon on the path, and is just 
about to investigate when a bird SWOOPs down to pluck it from 
under his nose. /

Answer 51

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yún cloud

A bird is teasing the unicorn, swooping under its tummy, but each time the unicorn looks round the bird hides in a CLOUD. / The Fairy is so impressed she makes the bird an honorary member of her aviators’ union and gives it a uniform.

Answer 52

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yùn transport

The road is obscured by a cloud of dust as the big TRANSPORT trucks roll past. / The Dwarf (covered in dust) calls after them, “I’ll get the union on to you!”

Answer 53

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dòng move

A tornado cloud has the power to MOVE almost anything. / It can even knock the Dwarf off his donkey.

Answer 54

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jí combine

The unicorn hides in his tent, frightened by the COMBINE harvester working nearby. / “The Fairy says it’s just a jeep, not a combine

Answer 55

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huì meeting / can

会 huì can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL:個|个[ge4] / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

Answer 56

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wáng king

Answer 57

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guó country

Answer 58

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yuè moonYou are out walking at night when the MOON light falling on a wheel lights up the Dwarf who is sitting on it. “That you, eh?” he whispers gruffly.

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二月 (2) èr yuè February
三月 (3) sān yuè March
三个月 (3, 19) sān ge yuè three months

Answer 59

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péng companion

“Why did you buy two moon-shaped balloons?” her mother asks. “Because the first moon needed another moon as a COMPANION,” the little girl says. / But just then one of the moons gets punctured, but (before the child can start to cry) the Fairy quickly flies over, flicks her wand, and it’s as good as new.

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朋友 (53) péng yǒu friend
朋友们 (53, 28) péng yǒu men friends

Answer 60

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yǒu have

“Why is there a moon on the left hand side of every picture?” prince Adam asks, dressed in his expensive Armani bathrobe. “Because I only HAVE a moon stencil, i don’t have a power, and money, like you” the girl replies. / Teddy practices his favorite yoga posture (and says “Why not draw me instead?”)

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有的 (23) yǒu de some
有力 (14) yǒu lì strong, forceful

Answer 61

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wèi not yet

The baby Unicorn is climbing the tree, but he’s NOT tall enough YET to reach the top. “Aaaah…this tree is not yet for me! A big minus!”, he sighs. / The Dwarf is rushing to step in saying “I’m on my way!”

Answer 62

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mèi younger sister

(Two lads in the pub) “What about that woman ReneeZ over there - she’s not yet married,” says one. “You can’t fancy her, she’s my YOUNGER SISTER!” his mate replies. / “Anyway the Dwarf has his eye on her, and he’s a Major.”

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妹妹 mèi mei younger sister

Answer 63

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lái come

The stags are going off on their hunt, but the fawn is too young. “Your horns are not yet grown so you cannot COME yet,” he is told. / The Fairy (who comes to babysit him) fixes up lights to amuse him and guide the returning hunters.

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上来 (42) shàn glái come up
下来 (43) xià lái come down

Answer 64

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le; liǎo 1. transition 2. complete

/ For the expedition to the new planet, the robot has brought plenty of spare wheels so that he can change them whenever there is a transition to a different sort of terrain - just his luck that this
is a water world!

/ (The stagecoach has broken down) When the repairs to the wheel are complete the Twin Teddies rush around calling loudly to the passengers to get back on board.

Answer 65

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xiōng older brother

At the mouth of the cave the boy is acting as a look-out for his OLDER BROTHER (who has sneaked inside to see what’s in there). / The two Giants, standing nearby, ask Sean Penn how kids can be so reckless

Answer 66

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duì to convert

“I found these horns,” the little girl says, holding them up proudly. “My older brother is going to CONVERT them into something for me to play with.” I’ll build a house where the Twin Dwarfs dwell with their minor concubines. /

Answer 67

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wú yours truly

The starfish puts the pen nib in his mouth to lick it, and signs off the letter with a flourish, “YOURS TRULY.” / The Fairy says “Hee hee hee…You look ridiculous with that Ustasha cap…”

Answer 68

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shuō say

(A new aid for blind people has been invented by Gyro Gearloose) “all you have to do is run this gadget over the written words and it will convert them into signals which it can then SAY out loud.” / The Twin Giants (who is the guardian of this new device) shows the blind people how to use it.

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小说 (50) xiǎo shuō a novel

Answer 69

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yǔ language

Mickey Mouse is writing a letter to his bank manager. He tries to think of the correct words to finish with, and eventually write “Yours truly” - thinking that this is the sort of LANGUAGE that is expected. / Teddy, realizing that the letter is finally finished, cries “Eureka!” (although it’s pouring with rain so he’ll get soaking wet posting it).

Answer 70

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xī evening

Answer 71

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duō many

(Walking along the pier each night) The friendly policeman chief Wiggum says “Evening, evening” to the MANY couples he passes. / He even stops to call “Good evening” to the Twin Giants who guards the dome at the end of the pier.

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多么 (34) duō me How ..?; How ..!
多云 (56) duō yún cloudy

Answer 72

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míng name

(The worried Romeo is looking for Juliette) By evening he had reached the mouth of the cave and called out her NAME: “You’re gonna get cold inside!” / The Fairy brought her out, having conjured up a mink coat to keep her warm.

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有名 yǒumíng famous

Answer 73

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wài outside

In the evening (after a hard day’s work) the fortune teller likes to sit OUTSIDE (and enjoy the fresh air). / The Dwarf from the next stall comes over to share her bottle of wine (he’s too stingy to buy his own!)

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外边 (41) wài bian outside
外语 (68) wài yǔ foreign language

Answer 74

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dāo knife

Trump’s in Nis now, checking the agriculture. He tells the Giant he’s an incredible jerk, so he adresses him as I.J. The Giant fixed a KNIFE to the wheel as instructed, but he had grave doubts about whether it would really cut the crops as it rolled along.

Answer 75

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fēn (fèn) division

The octopus, with a knife in each tentacle, DIVIDES the huge pizzas into lots of equal pieces. / The Giant (who is on his tea break) finds it great fun to watch.

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十分 (4) shí fēn totally, 100%

Answer 76

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zhì until

The birds Jose and Manuel (following the Dwarf farmer sowing his seeds, who fell asleep) swoop down to the earth one after another UNTIL there are no seeds left, singing Metallica’s “UNTIL it sleeps.”. / Jose says: “The Dwarf, who’s supposed to protect his field, is such a jerk!”, and they giggle maliciously. 74b

Answer 77

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dào arrive

Until the magic knife has finished trimming the decorations on Christmas tree it is not safe for the guests to ARRIVE. / The Dwarf says, “I have grave doubts about the safety of using magic knives.”

Answer 78

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dǎo; dào topple; invert

Harry arrives on the film set of a “harry potter” film, just as a burning candle TOPPLES over (and threatens to set light to everything). / Teddy tries to douse the flames by flicking water from a fire bucket. But the Dwarf shows him how to douse it properly. \ “INVERT the whole bucket over the fire, like this,” he says.

Answer 79

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tiān heaven

The unicorn was so big that his horn seemed to touch the HEAVENs. / But he made an ideal umpire for the two Giants playing tennis (as he was tall enough to see clearly what was going on).

Answer 80

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míng bright

It’s the sun shining on the moon that makes it BRIGHT. / The Fairy doesn’t really care about science, she just likes to wear her mink shawl in the bright moonlight.

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明天 (76) míng tiān tomorrow
说明 (67) shuō míng explain, explanation

Answer 81

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shuǐ water

Answer 82

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hàn Han Chinese

They sprinkle water on their right hands before shaking hands to demonstrate that they are HAN CHINESE. / The Dwarf is reaching up his hand so that he can be included (because he doesn’t like to
miss out on things).

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汉语 (68) Hàn yǔ Chinese (language)

Answer 83

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lìng other

Mickey says that “Man has two types of power: physical strength is one, but “mouth power”, the power of persuasion, is the OTHER.” / The Dwarf adds that strength comes and goes, but the other one lingers…

Answer 84

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bié don’t

“Use the other knife, Johnny, DON’T use that one, we haven’t sharpened it yet.” / Twin Fairies hold a belt between them to sharpen the knives on.

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别的 (23) bié de other
别人 (12) bié rén other people

Answer 85

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rú if

The woman (Marge Simpson) stands at the mouth of the cave, hesitating, “it looks IFFY to me” she says. / The Fairy flutters over and gives her a magic ruby to keep her safe.

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不如 (9) bù rú not as (good) as

Answer 86

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step forward

Harry is standing at the bottom of the slide ready to step forward and catch any children who are going too fast. /

Answer 87

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dīng nail

A nail looks like a letter T , Trump thinks to himself. But I’m not gonna do any work with you in this dark and dingy room, says the Giant.

Answer 88

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chù footstep

The unicorn has a nail stuck in his hoof so you can hear his FOOTSTEPS clattering when he’s walking along the road. / It jumps on the Dwarf’s dog and tries to ride him like a horse, but the dog just keeps chewing on a bone. The Dwarf can’t believe what he sees.

Answer 89

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xíng; háng 1. OK 2. line

The sheriff, Wiggum, looks up and down the street before he dares to step forward, but then he thinks he hears a footstep behind him. he whirls round … but it’s OK. / It’s just the Fairy fixing up a shingle at the doctor’s house (and she’d dropped it).
(Outside the sickbay, the morning after the planet-leaving party). You are about to step forward into the sickbay when you hear a footstep behind you. You look back and see a long LINE of people queueing up. / The Fairy is well known for her hangover cures!

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不行 (9) bù xíng not allowed, not OK
行动 (58) xíng dòng to move; behavior

Answer 90

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chē car

Trump is calculating a simple equasion; CAR equals four wheels. The Giant is changing the wheel on his CAR, but he is careless when he takes the old wheel off and it rolls down the hill and demolishes the church!

Answer 91

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lián linked up

Imagine an isolated stretch of road with a single car on it that can’t go anywhere because the road isn’t LINKed UP to the highway system yet. / The twin Fairies take pity on the owner and magic up some dried lentils to use as gravel to make a temporary road surface.

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连…也… (8) lián A yě B even A is/does B

Answer 92

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kāi open

The unicorn is looking for the secret passageway and comes across two hands painted on the rock face. “Fuck, this must mean that it needs two hands to OPEN it. But I’ve got no hands, just hooves.” / He looks around and sees the Giant’s kite flying nearby - he will be perfect for the job.

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开学 (82) kāi xué begin (school term)
开车 (83) kāi chē to drive a car

Answer 93

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qù go

Popye’s nose touches the earth upon collapsing cause he saw a GO-go dancer. The Dwarf stuffs his mouth with spinach - chew this so you get back on your feet.

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上去 (42) shàng qù to go up
下去 (43) xià qù to go down

Answer 94

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fǎ law

Homer Simpson says: “Water always goes anti-clockwise down the plughole - that’s a LAW of physics. Much easier than learning FRENCH, right?” / “Far out,” says Teddy.

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法语 (68) Fǎ yǔ French (language)
法文 (25) Fǎ wén (written) French
语法 (68) yǔ fǎ grammar

Answer 95

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ěr ear

Trump pulls Winnie the Pooh by the EAR yelling; ‘you eat as if you had three mouths! Next time I’ll use a stick! You’ll eat away all my earnings!”

Answer 96

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qǔ acquire

(James Bond has been waiting for ages for his contact Mickey Mouse to show up). When Mickey finally arrives they shake hands and he whispers the mouse’s big ear, “You must ACQUIRE the secret plans to the military base,” and then he walks away. / It starts to pour with rain so Mickey stops by Pooh twins’s house and they says:”Fuck the spying, just softly chew on this nicotine with us and chill out.”

Answer 97

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qiān thousand

A Korean tourist reported someone left their beret on the cross of St. Vitus cathedral. She brough a THOUSAND witnesses. It turns out one of the Giant twins left it there when they repaired the roof. But they’ve already gone to ChongQing.

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三千 (3) sān qiān three thousand

Answer 98

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qián in front of

Your feet in a canoe are out IN FRONT OF you, Johnny! / The Fairy twins say they’ll send him to ChongQing.

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前边 (41) qián biān front, in front of

Answer 99

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mián house

Marge Simpson’s cooking and she lifts the lid to check if it’s done - two drops are hanging from the lid of a hotpot and she licks them - that’s a real HOUSE, with a housewife.
“roof” radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc

Answer 100

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ān peace

Marge is alone in the house at last, and looking forward to some PEACE and quiet. / But the Giant starts working on his anvil next door, and there is peace no more!

Answer 101

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zì Chinese character

Who has to stay? The child has to stay. Where? In the house. Why? To learn her CHINESE CHARACTERS. / She recites them out loud until the Dwarf babysitter dozes off, and when she hears the “zzz” sounds she sneaks out to play.

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汉字 (78) Hàn zì Chinese character
名字 (70) míng zì name, given name

Answer 102

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mù eye

Trump enters the optician’s store and says: “Check my eyes!”. “You don’t need glasses. Your EYES are healthy. But you prat like you have three mouths.” Moon Joo tells him. Her boss, the Dwarf is in a bad mood when he hears that exchange.

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目前 (90) mù qián at present

Answer 103

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zì self

“You’ll need to put a drop of this in your eye,” Moon Joo said, “but you’ll have to do it your SELF. And she blasts Sepultura’s “My inner self”. / She’s mean to her customer Trump again cause she can hear from the “zzz” sound that her Dwarf boss is asleep again.

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自动 (58) zì dòng automatic
自行车 (81, 83) zì xíng chē bicycle

Answer 104

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zán we

Marge, Selma and Patty stand at the mouth of the cave. “I’m not going in there by my self,” Marge says. “You don’t have to, we’ll play Queen’s WE are the champions, and WE’ll go together,” says her friend. / “If we don’t go in, we won’t find out what the Fairy has brought back from Zanzibar for us.”

Answer 105

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mound; city

When it’s on the left it means “mound”, but when it’s on the right it means “city”.

Answer 106

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yáng in the open

When the sun shines, the creatures that live in the mound come out in to THE OPEN. / The Fairy visits the mound in the day-time to develop her yang side.

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太阳 (48) tài yáng the sun; sunshine

Answer 107

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yīn hidden

When the moon is up, the creatures burrow into the mound so that they are HIDDEN. / The Giant now comes at nighttime, to develop his yin side.

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阴天 (76) yīn tiān a cloudy day

Answer 108

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nà that

Every time Pocahontas sees a fur coat in a shop window in the city she says, “THAT one, I want that one.” / The Dwarf is well and truly fed up with this. “It’s enough to drive you to narcotics,” he grumbles.

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那个 (19) nà ge that one
那么 (34) nà me so, in that manner
那儿 (21) nàr there (spoken)
那边 (41) nà biān that side

Answer 109

A

nǎ (na) which?

(At the dentist) Marge opens her mouth and points to a tooth, “It’s that one which hurts.” “WHICH?” asks the dentist (peering more closely). / WdPooh, trying to be helpful, has brought along some narcotics in case she needs some…

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哪儿 (21) nǎr where (spoken)
哪个 (19) nǎ ge which

Answer 110

A

xī west

Trump orders Gyro Gearloose to calculate the perimeter of the enormous steel mouth reciting the decimals of number Pi that is displayed on the entrance to the WESTern Union bank and to eat a pie cause it reminds him of pi (3.14) in his mouth. / It is the perfect size for the Giant to use as a shield (so he pinches it!)

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西边 (41) xī biān the west side
西安 (91) Xī’ān Xian (the city)

Answer 111

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yào; yāo want; ask for

ReneeZ plays a Western woman alone in an eastern culture, so this is a film set story. As the director calls “Cut!” for the umpteenth time, Renee Zellweger playing the leading role shouts, “What do you WANT from me?” / She storms off stepping on the Dwarf’s foot, causing him to shout “Yeow!” For good measure she also kicks the Giant ’s foot and he says “Yeow!” too - (but more in surprise than pain). \ “All I did was ASK FOR her autograph!” he complains.

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不要 (9) bú yào Don’t …
要是 (30) yào shì if

Answer 112

A

yǒu whisky bottle

Trump finished his meal at the West gate and, to stress how satisfied he is, he underlined pi (3.14) and gulps down a BOTTLE OF WHISKEY, leaves only a small amount at the bottom. He even greets a black guy, who comes with WdPooh, with a “Yo, brother!”

Answer 113

A

jiǔ liquor

They had put water in the whisky bottle, pretending it was LIQUOR. / The Twin Teddies passed the bottle between them (pretending to be drunk) and thought this was a great joke.

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酒杯 (11) jiǔ bēi wine glass

Answer 114

A

cóng from

Harry unwraps the large parcel - and inside is a statue of Harry himself. He looks through the packaging to see who it’s FROM. / It’s from the Fairy, who got it from Tsonga people in Africa.

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从…到… (74) cóng A dào B from A to B
从前 (90) cóng qián the past
自从 (94) zì cóng since (a time/date)

Answer 115

A

cùn inch

Trump sees money’s dropping a little and thinks it’s still a big plus, even if his pile is just an INCH higher. But the Dwarf puts him in a bad mood saying “Money won’t save you from a tsunami.”

Answer 116

A

cūn village

The Smurfs have to measure the girth of the tree in inches, to check that it will be the right size for the VILLAGE square. / The Giant has offered to erect it for them and it will look stunning once it is decorated.

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村子 (17) cūn zi village

Answer 117

A

shí time

The sun dial is marked out in inches to tell the TIME. / The Fairy is sitting on it smoking a cheroot!

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小时 (50) xiǎo shí hour
有时 (63) yǒu shí sometimes

Answer 118

A

guò to cross

The snail on the road can only travel an inch every hour so it takes all day TO CROSS the road. / The Twin Dwarfs, who’s been assigned to protect him, urges him on, “Go, go, go!” (he wants to get home for his tea).

/ / / / / / / /

过来 (65) guò lái come across
过去 (86) guò qù in the past

Answer 119

A

shēn body

(The railway has been attacked and there is a gap in the tracks over the bridge). The Giant lets the wheels of the train run over his body and saves the day - but he’s now too tired to go back to his usual job of shunting carriages. He can throw himself on the slide and maybe move an inch, just enough to wipe the drops of rain from it.

/ / / / / / / /

动身 (58) dòng shēn set off (on journey)
身边 (41) shēn biān on one’s person

Answer 120

A

shè to shoot

The sniper moves his body forward an inch at a time until he has a clear view and can SHOOT at his target. / The Dwarf says; “shshshshsh… don’t disturb the sniper.”

Answer 121

A

xiè thank

The bank robbers had used their guns to shoot holes in the bank’s door spelling out the words “THANK you” before they left. / The two dwarves agree to let them stash the money in their shed until the heat is off. (Try to visualize both of the dwarves - maybe one is holding open the shed door, while the other one keeps a look out for the cops!)

/ / / / / / / /

谢谢你 (51) xiè xie nǐ thank you

Answer 122

A

shǐ pig

Charles Manson covered the barn door with the Unicorn’s body to hide while he thumps an animal with the back of an axe. But he hears: “Why don’t you Shoot that ugly swine, I’m just a little Teddy!”

Answer 123

A

jiā household

Stalin checks his native village: “If you have a pig in your house it must be included in your HOUSEHOLD.” / The two Giants debate the meaning of the jargon on the census form.

/ / / / / / / /

大家 (47) dà jiā everyone
国家 (60) guó jiā nation state

Answer 124

A

shān mountain

/ Taking a break from pushing the huge wheel up the mountain, the Giant stops for a swig of shandy.

Answer 125

A

yáng sheep

Trump says: to recsue him I need him to have horns, big or small, whatever, + or -.The stupid SHEEP has got his head stuck in the spokes of the wagon wheel. The Fairy has to come and yank him out.

/ / / / / / /

小羊 (50) xiǎo yáng lamb
山羊 (110) shān yáng goat

Answer 126

A

yàng appearance

The tree is a good place for the escaped sheep to hide while he changes his APPEARANCE. / But the Dwarf-shepherd finds him and yanks him off back to the flock.

/ / / / / / / /

那样 (98) nà yàng so, in that manner
样子 (17) yàng zi appearance, manner
一样 (1) yí yàng same, identical
这样 (26) zhè yàng like this

Answer 127

A

bān team

At the inter-kingdom quiz, the two kings, Karel the IV and Dusan, sit on either side of the beautiful jewelled knife that will be presented to the winning TEAM. / For the final deciding question the teams have to identify a picture of the Giant in a bandanna.

/ / / / / / / / /

上班 (42) shàng bān to go to work
下班 (43) xià bān leave/finish work

Answer 128

A

chū exit

(Arriving in the train station in Switzerland) Mickey can see mountain upon mountain out of each EXIT. / The Giant is sitting on one of them chewing gum.

/ / / / / / / / /

出来 (65) chū lái come out
出去 (86) chū qù go out
出口 (5) chū kǒu exit; to export

Answer 129

A

shí stone

Homer’s trying to fix up a notice saying “Slippery Stones” with a thumb tack at the mouth of the cave, but (ironically) it keeps slipping on the STONE. / “Oh, sh*t”, says the Fairy and helps him.

Answer 130

A

chǔ plinth

Donald Duck crashes his baggage cart into a huge cube of stone outside the exit (from the station) - it’s a PLINTH for a new statue. / Teddy quickly sticks his chewing gum on the plinth, but his hand stays glued to the plinth, nonetheless he starts to help him gather up his things (but as usual his help is just what Donald Duck doesn’t need!)

Answer 131

A

suì years old

Marge is scolding Bart: “You must never be out by yourself on the mountain in the evening until you’re 16 YEARS OLD.” / The Twin Dwarfs whose job is to protect climbers on the mountain (not young boys) is angry too, as he hands the boy back to his mother. “It’s not safe to be on the mountain alone at your age,” he tells him.

Answer 132

A

dàn dawn

Picture the sun rising and glinting on the unicorn’s horn at DAWN. /

Answer 133

A

dàn but

Harry says, “It’s dawn, wake up!” his friend, Homer, still half asleep, mumbles, “BUT, but, but … it’s still dark!” / “We’ve got to go - the Dwarf said the dandelions have to be picked at dawn.” (And we all know how cross he’ll be if they don’t do it right…)

/ / / / / / / / /

但是 (30) dàn shì but
不但 (9) bú dàn not only …

Answer 134

A

dé; de; děi 1. obtain 2. way 3. must

1.
Goofy steps forward to get the gold medal - he had won by OBTAINing the best overall score. / But there was a dearth of gold so the Fairy had conjured up a temporary medal until a proper one could be made.

2.
Mickey steps forward to get the silver medal - the WAY he had performed had been the best (but he had lost technical marks). / The robot polishes the medal as it’s dusty and he likes all silver things (like himself) to be shiny.

3.
Donald Duck steps forward to get the bronze medal - he had done all the bits he MUST do (the compulsory bits) but nothing more. / Teddy puts the bronze medal on a daisy chain to try and cheer up the third place competitor.

/ / / / / / / /

得到 (74) dé dào get, obtain
取得 (88) qǔ dé achieve, obtain

Answer 135

A

gōng public

The octopus lives in a cocoon which he is so proud of that he throws it open to the PUBLIC. / The Giant sounds a Gong to attract visitors.

/ / / / / / / / /

公开 (85) gōng kāi open, public

Answer 136

A

yǐ using

Harry puts a drop of colored wax on the barb of his fish-hook, USING the bright colors of the wax to attract the fish, to the tunes of “Some of them want to USE you…” by Eurythmics. / Teddy tries it too, and catches an eel.

/ / / / / / / /

以前 (90) yǐ qián before; a while ago
以外 (71) yǐ wài apart from, except

Answer 137

A

zhī of

Trump is asleep in the desert and lets out a “zzzzz” sound. He fell asleep to the sounds of ‘Sweet chid OF mine’. He’s supposed to guard the last drop OF water. The Giant wants to punish him by sending him to Japan where they’d send Donald on a kamikaze mission.

/ / / / / / / /

分之 (73) fēn zhī fraction of
之前 (90) A zhī qián before A
之下 (43) A zhī xià below A
之中 (33) A zhī zhōng among A

Answer 138

A

wéi; wèi act as; for

The potion which confers great power from only a couple of drops is the Gauls’ magic potion in the film of “Asterix”. On the film set the main actress Ema Watson has to ACT AS if she is strong. / So she conjures up fake weights to lift. The Dwarf grumbles as he carries the weights. \ “Why does somebody have to carry these things around FOR him?”

/ / / / / / / /

为了 (66) wèi le for, because of
以为 (120) yǐ wéi think (wrongly)
为什么 (35, 34) wèi shén me why, what for

Answer 139

A

bàn manage

The “power-octopus” is a big eight-armed machine in the factory, so complicated that it needs someone to MANAGE it full-time. / The Dwarf banishes everyone else from the vicinity.

/ / / / / / / /

办法 (87) bàn fǎ method
办公 (119) bàn gōng (office) work
行为 (MC2) xíng wéi behavior

Answer 140

A

gān; gàn dry; work

Picture the unicorn standing on a white cross on the floor, which is his mark on the film set of “The Wizard of Oz”. Everything is ready but they must wait for DRY weather. / Then the Giant can erect the lighting gantry. The Dwarf kicks the gantry poles angrily. \ “When are we going to get any WORK done?”

/ / / / / / / /

干杯 (11) gān bēi Bottoms up! (on drinking a toast)
干吗 (45) gàn ma what (are you) doing?

Answer 141

A

wǔ noon
((=/= “calf ”))

The morning clouds go in one direction, the afternoon clouds go in another direction, so when the clouds cross it must be NOON. / Teddy whoops with delight, as this means it’s lunchtime.

/ / / / / / / /

上午 (42) shàng wǔ morning
中午 (33) zhōng wǔ noon
下午 (43) xià wǔ afternoon

Answer 142

A

hé grain

(( =I= 夭 die young ))

The beret (that Minnie and Mickey’d been using as a frisbee) is now stuck in a tree and they won’t be able to retrieve it without trampling the GRAIN growing around the tree. (Who’s going to be the one to ask the farmer if they can get it?) / Fairy says thay’d need a perfect robot, to prance around lightly, etheric and ghostly, like in the movie “Her”.

Answer 143

A

hé; huó 1. with 2. mix

(( =I= 知 zhī know ))

The cowboy John Wayne rolls the grain around in his mouth and says, “This needs something to go WITH it.” / The Fairy says, “Try it with some of my herbs.”

(A baby Gremlin has sneaked aboard the spaceship) They find it sitting on the storeroom floor, stuffing grain in its mouth and getting all the carefully-labeled grain samples MIXed up. / The Twin Fairies who protect the planet teleports themselves to fetch the alien and take it home.

/ / / / / / / /

和好 (18) hé hǎo become reconciled

Answer 144

A

mǔ mother

Trump is putting two drops of syrup into two mouths of Bart and Lisa, cause they have sore throat. Their MOTHER (Marge) is making a chocolate mousse with Teddy (but he is spattering it all over the place).

/ / / / / / / /

母语 (68) mǔ yǔ native language
字母 (92) zì mǔ alphabet

Answer 145

A

měi every

Mother looks at the clouds EVERY single morning (to see if it will be fine for a walk in the park). / Teddy wants to go to the mirror maze on Petrin(and get lost again).

/ / / / / / / /

每天 (76) měi tiān every day
每每 měi měi often

Answer 146

A

hǎi sea

Water from every river ends up in the SEA. / Teddy is excited, and says, “I forgot that, because I got high, cause I got high….!”

/ / / / / / / /

海边 (41) hǎi biān seaside
上海 (42) Shàng hǎi Shanghai

Answer 147

A

yòng to use

Armstrong USEs a vertical stick to stick a flag on the Moon. The Dwarf says, “You’re too young to fly to the Moon.”

/ / / / / / / /

不用 (9) bú yòng don’t have to
有用 (63) yǒu yòng useful

Answer 148

A

bàn half

(At the prison Christmas pantomime) the toughest criminal grabbed the horns as he wanted to be the front HALF of the pantomime bull. / The Dwarf governor (who suspected trouble) made them put bandages over the horns so that nobody could get hurt.

/ / / / / / / /

半天 (76) bàn tiān a long time
多半 (69) duō bàn more often than not

Answer 149

A

lì benefit

Each grain must be split open with a knife to get the full BENEFIT of the nutrients. / The Dwarf cooks it in a liter of water and leaves it to soak.

/ / / / / / / /

利用 (130) lì yòng make use of
有利 (63) yǒu lì advantageous

Answer 150

A

shēng life

Every house in the village has plants with labels displayed in the windows. It’s the custom that when a new child is born, a plant is chosen to symbolize their LIFE (and labeled with the child’s name) and they play “Life is life”. / Sean Penn doesn’t give a shit and passes by,saying “sieg heil” instead of life. He just wants to get to the Giant’s shanty to get some chronic weed.

/ / / / / / / /

生日 (6) shēng rì birthday
出生 (114) chū shēng to be born
学生 (82) xué shēng student, pupil
女生 (15) nǚ shēng female student

Answer 151

A

shèng triumph

The astronauts who first discover moon life will return and walk through the Arch of TRIUMPH. / Sean Penn looks up and thinks to himself: “I can blend in the crowd greeting the astronauts, but I know that fucking policmen Dwarf is after me…”

/ / / / / / / /

胜利 (132) shèng lì win; victory
名胜 (70) míng shèng a famous scenic spot

Answer 152

A

xìng surname

It’s the 8th of March and a group of feminists are talking together, amd Marge says: “Even though it’s the woman who gives birth to life, the baby still gets the man’s SURNAME.” / They have been watching the Dwarf across the road putting up his name on a shingle.

/ / / / / / /

姓名 (70) xìng míng full name

Answer 153

A

xīng star

“Our sun is vital to all life on our planet, yet it is just a STAR.” / The Giant, lying on his back on the shingle on the beach, looks up at the night sky and ponders.

/ / / / / / / /

星星 xīng xīng star
明星 (77) míng xīng (movie) star

Answer 154

A

xiān ahead

It looks as if the calf is taking the boy (Bart) to market (rather than vice versa) because the calf keeps walking AHEAD. / Bart starts speaking French: “Je suis pas ton chien!” The Giant comes to rescue him.

/ / / / / / / /

先生 (133) xiān shēng sir, Mr.; husband

Answer 155

A

gào inform

(The cattle are all falling sick - only a calf is left standing) the calf goes to the mouth of the cave to INFORM the vet. / The Dwarf assistant listens to the symptoms and says dismissively, “All this fuss, it’s probably only gout.”

/ / / / / / / /

告别 (79) gào bié to part with

Answer 156

A

xǐ wash

There’s only limited hot water in the rooming house so ReneeZ races to get to the bathroom ahead of everyone else and have a good WASH. / But Teddy has beaten her to it, and is washing his sheets in the sink.

/ / / / / / / /

干洗 (124) gān xǐ dry cleaning

Answer 157

A

kě may

(( =I= 句 jù sentence ))

(( =I= 司 sī department ))

The carpenter holds nails in his mouth while fixing up the MAY pole for the 1st of May celebrations. / Teddy cuts up strips of curtains for the streamers.

/ / / / / / / /

可以 (120) kě yǐ may, be allowed
可是 (30) kě shì but

Answer 158

A

hé river

Water for the dunking stool at the May celebrations has to be brought from the RIVER. / The Fairy puts herbs into it to hide the smell!

/ / / / / / / /

运河 (57) yùn hé canal
星河 (136) xīng hé the Milky Way

Answer 159

A

hé what

/ / / / / / / /

Harry arrives at the May celebrations, and a drink is pressed into his hand. He drinks, but splutters, “WHAT is this stuff?” / It’s the Fairy’s new herbal drink (and the Fairy looks piqued).

Answer 160

A

ā ah

Up on the mound sits the May queen on her throne. Everyone (DDuck, Mickey, Mini, Goofy..) goes “AH” when they see her, she looks so splendid. /

Answer 161

A

ā (a) eh!

The doctor says, “Open your mouth and say “ah” - yes, these tonsils will have to come out.” “That bad, EH?” the patient says in surprise. / The Giant says “Ah” in sympathy (he had to have his tonsils out as a child and he’d cried!)
When at the end of a sentence, it has a neutral tone; if the preceding word ends in -n or -ng it changes into 哪 (Character 99) and is pronounced na.

Answer 162

A

shǒu head

You need to lift your feet (90a) right above the rest of your self if you’re going to be able to stand on your HEAD. / Teddy shows you how … to show-off!
/ / / / / / / /

首先 (137) shǒu xiān first of all

Answer 163

A

dào way

Hanzel and Grethel emerge from the forest to find a road at last, but scratch their head: which WAY should they walk? / The Dwarf grumbles, “Whichever way we go, I doubt it will be the right one.”

/ / / / / / / /
一道 (1) yí dào together
人行道 (12, 81) rén xíng dào pedestrian crossing

Answer 164

A

fā (fà) send out

Mini is writing her Christmas cards and puts two drops of perfume on the cards to her special friends before SENDing them OUT. / The Giant gets two large drops on his as he lives far, far away (and the perfume has to last until the card gets there).

/ / / / / / / /

出发 (114) chū fā set out (on journey)
发出 (114) fā chū send out, emit
发明 (77) fā míng invent, invention
发生 (133) fā shēng happen, take place

Answer 165

A

gōng to work

Eileen trudges off every day to WORK at the wheel factory, and the only thing she looks forward to is the Giant sounding his gong for tea breaks and for the end of the shift.

/ / / / / / / /

工人 (12) gōng rén worker
工会 (59) gōng huì trade union

Answer 166

A

jiāng river

Water must work its way through the landscape in order to deserve being called a RIVER. / We just need any river, say the Giant Twins trudging through the jungle to reach the river.

/ / / / / / / / /

江山 (110) jiāng shān landscape, scenery; country

Answer 167

A

chǎng cliff

Trump orders Teddy to stand on a CLIFF, to prevent Mr Fred Chang from commiting suicide cause his Russian lover eloped.

/ / / / / / / /

工厂 (147) gōng chǎng factory

Answer 168

A

hòu rear

The movers must drag all the old furniture out and pile it up at the REAR of the house. / The Dwarf is going to turn the house into a hotel.”

/ / / / / / / /

后边 (41) hòu biān rear, at the back
以后 (120) yǐ hòu after, later
后天 (76) hòu tiān the day after tomorrow

Answer 169

A

ér and yet

(Using a comb as a musical instrument) Doyee had marked his notes on the comb with thumb tacks, AND YET it still sounded awful. / The Fairy fled, saying “I’ve remembered an urgent appointment elsewhere!”

/ / / / / / / /

从而 (103) cóng’ér thus, thereby
而后 (150) ér hòu after that; and then

Answer 170

A

zhǎo look for
((=/= 我))

At the crime scene the detective, Poirot, pulls the policeman’s hand away from the dagger saying, “We must LOOK FOR fingerprints first.” / Teddy’s alibi is that he was watching the jousting on TV.

/ / / / / / / /

找到 (74) zhǎo dào to find

Answer 171

A

dǎ hit

He uses his hand to steady the nail before he HITs it. / It is difficult to get on with the work because Teddy keeps darting in and out between his legs.

/ / / / / / / / /

打动 (58) dǎ dòng to touch; move
打倒 (75) dǎ dǎo overthrow; Down with…!

Answer 172

A

duì correct

If, when you shake hands, you have your right hands lined up to the nearest inch, you will be doing it in the CORRECT way. / The ghostly etiquette-guarding Dwarf makes the class practice daily.

/ / / / / / / / /

对手 (31) duì shǒu opponent
对了 (66) duì le correct (at last); aha!

Answer 173

A

shù tree

(A little girl is insistently pointing to objects and naming them) “Tree!” “Yes, correct, it’s a TREE.” / Now shoo,” says the Dwarf grumpily, “and let me get on with my work.”

/ / / / / / / /

树干 (124) shù gàn a tree trunk

Answer 174

A

tián field

Answer 175

A

nán male

Out in the field the farmer needs more power to work the churn. “I’ll need another male,” he says. / The Fairy flicks her wand and a nanny goat appears! (“Oops-wrong sort!” she says).

/ / / / / / / / / /

男人 (12) nán rén man (i.e. not woman)

Answer 176

A

lǐ (li) in

“See that field with small round humps of earth? - that’s the potato field.” “But I don’t see any potatoes!” “That’s because they’re IN the humps!” / Teddy runs to leap on the humps (crying, “Let’s make mashed potatoes!”)

/ / / / / / / /

里边 (41) lǐ biān inside, in
这里 (26) zhè li here
哪里 (99) nǎ lǐ where
公里 (119) gōng lǐ kilometer

Answer 177

A

lǐ reason

(The king’s mother-in-law is visiting yet again) “Is the king in?” she asks the guard, and the guard has to think up a new REASON each time why the king can’t see her. / Teddy peeks out to let the king know when she leaves (and the coast is clear).

/ / / / / / / /

道理 (145) dào lǐ principle, reason

Answer 178

A

diàn electricity

Trump is connecting the field using a cable in order to provide electricity for the farmers./ They wanted to convert the water wheel to run on ELECTRICITY. The two Dwarf experts from Denmark were called in (each connecting up one of the two wires).

/ / / / / / / /

电车 (83) diàn chē streetcar, tram

Answer 179

A

(jiōng) outer limits

Answer 180

A

tóng same

At the outer limits of the kingdom were piled up heaps of discarded boxes, all with the SAME logo “office depot”. / The Fairy used her magic tongs to arrange them in neat piles.

Answer 181

A

xīn heart

/ The heart of the wheel (its hub) is as big as the Giant’s shin bone.

/ / / / / / / /

安心 (91) ān xīn to be content
中心 (33) zhōng xīn center (often used in phrases like “shopping center”)
用心 (130) yòng xīn to apply oneself to
小心 (50) xiǎo xīn cautious

Answer 182

A

bì inevitably

In the theme park there is a huge slide through the heart of the forest - INEVITABLY it gets clogged up (with twigs and leaves). / Each day the Dwarf has to send his beaver down the slide to clean it out.

/ / / / / / / /

必要 (101) bì yào necessary
不必 (9) bú bì don’t need to

Answer 183

A

xiāng; xiàng mutual; appearance

Eyes peering out from behind all the trees, and the film set of “Hansel and Gretel” - The Twin Giants are in Shanghai, auditioning for the parts, profuse with their MUTUAL praise, but the director Michael Moore doesn’t give a shit. / The Twin Dwarfs are also competing for the roles. / They won’t be told they look too old for the roles of kids and are spending ages perfecting their APPEARANCE.

/ / / / / / / /

相同 (160) xiāng tóng identical, same

Answer 184

A

xiǎng think about

The conjoined twins share a mutual heart. The surgeon has to THINK ABOUT how best to separate them. / Fortunately he’s practiced under the supervision of profesor Xavier on Twin Teddies in Shanghai!

/ / / / / / / /

理想 (158) lǐ xiǎng an ideal, aspiration
想法 (87) xiǎng fǎ (one’s) opinions
想一下 (1, 43) xiǎng yí xià give it some thought

Answer 185

A

sī think

One of the farmer’s fields is heart-shaped and he always goes there to THINK. / The Giant had brought a (Giant!) sequoia so that the farmer could sit under it (with his back against the trunk) to do his thinking.

/ / / / / / / /

思想 (164) sī xiǎng thought, thinking

Answer 186

A

jīn now

It needs the combined strength of everyone in the operating theater to pull the knee back into position. The surgeon gets everyone ready and then says, “ready, Steady … NOW!” / The Giant had been drinking too much gin (so fell over and dislocated his knee).

/ / / / / / / /

今天 (76) jīn tiān today
今后 (150) jīn hòu from now on

Answer 187

A

niàn to study

“Now I think it is time for the heart,” said the surgeon, as he turned to STUDY his “heart Transplant Manual” (imagine him with his nose in this blood-spattered book) / The Twin Dwarves help Nancy Pelosi, the next patient, enter the room.

/ / / / / / / /

想念 (164) xiǎng niàn to miss, long for

Answer 188

A

nián year

(( =/= 书 shū ))

“These clouds are so high, it surpasses anything we’ve seen all YEAR.” (picture a group of glider pilots with Republican T-shirts looking at the sky and judging which clouds will give the best thermal up-currents). / Twin Fairies are dragging Nancy Pelosi away while she’s screaming at them. The Fairies tell her: “We’re taking you back to your Neanderthal friends”.

/ / / / / / / /

今年 (166) jīn nián this year
去年 (86) qù nián last year
明年 (77) míng nián next year

Answer 189

A

shū to strike (+ spear)

(An attempt at a world record) The challenger Donald Duck shakes hands with several of the dignitaries who wish him luck, and then sees how many garden gnomes he can knock over with a single STRIKE with his long pole. / He hits one of the gnomes in the shoe and the Giant applaudes.

Answer 190

A

méi not

(At the funfair) at one sideshow Homer had to strike, with a pole, anything that appeared out of the water, but everything stayed submerged and he complained, “There is NOT a thing to hit!” / The Fairy suggested to him that he should try his luck at the maze instead.

/ / / / / / / / /

没有 (63) méi yǒu have not, does not
没用 (130) méi yòng useless

Answer 191

A

guǎng shelter ( + wide, numerous, spread)

Victor Orban is chasing the Twin Teddies have robbed a bank and running to a bus SHELTER, which is open on one side, and broad enough to accommodate the Twin Teddies and their gang. Only a drop of rain falls on them.

/ / / / / / / /

广大 (47) guǎng dà vast; extreme
广告 (138) guǎng gào advertisement

Answer 192

A

chuáng bed

Homer took a tree into the shelter to make a BED. / Twin fairies give him a chewing gum as a reward.

/ / / / / / / /

河床 (141) hé chuáng riverbed
机床 (10) jī chuáng machine tool
床上 (42) chuáng shang in bed

Answer 193

A

cháng; zhǎng 1. long 2. chief

The CHIEF Guoth is LONG, so he is wearing a badge “LC”, but some of the employees croosed these initials. Mr Fred Chang’s alibi is that he was with the Fairy whore, and Teddy claims he was with Ronaldo enjoying covered with US flag and all heard them jangliing in their armoured panties.

/ / / / / / / /

长江 (148) cháng jiāng the Yangtse River
长大 (47) zhǎng dà to grow up
生长 (133) shēng zhǎng to grow, grow up
班长 (113) bān zhǎng leader (of team)

Answer 194

A

gōng a bow

The Giant is BOWing and strikng his huge gong when he sees two protruding boobs, before he even sees the lady.

Answer 195

A

zhāng sheet (of paper)

(In archery practice) The chief, Wigghum, tries to show off by taking his long bow and aiming at SHEETs of paper pinned to trees in the forest. / The Giant tries to put him off by jangling his keys loudly.

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一张床 (1, 171) yì zhāng chuáng a bed

Answer 196

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běn source

The SOURCE of the Unicorn’s energy is in the highly nutritious nuts from the tree, so he’s in the branches all day. So Teddy asked him to give him some to put in his bun.

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本子 (17) běn zi notebook
本来 (65) běn lái originally, at first
本地 (54) běn dì local
日本 (6) Rì běn Japan

Answer 197

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tǐ body

Harry was reading the source book on anatomy and when he opened it a hologram of a BODY floated out from the pages. / Then Teddy hopped out dressed up as a teacher and started pointing out all the different body parts.

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身体 (107) shēn tǐ human body; health
个体 (19) gè tǐ (a person’s) build

Answer 198

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shū book

Trump counts and concludes that Pentagon has around five edges, plus minus one, so he puts a drop of his own blood to seal his guess and orders it must be printed as a BOOK. He hands it over to the Giant, to take it to the publishing house, and to protect it he carries it in his biggest shoe.

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书法 (87) shū fǎ calligraphy
一本书 (1, 174) yì běn shū a book

Answer 199

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lì to stand

He was trying to close the lid of his bulging suitcase, but in the end he had to use his feet and STAND on it. / When he got home, the Dwarf realized he’d crushed his sun-cream, which had leaked out (and ruined his hat).

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自立 (94) zì lì stand on one’s own feet; support oneself
树立 (155) shù lì to erect, set up

Answer 200

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wèi place

(At a group photo) Harry asks where to stand and they find him a PLACE. / “Wait!” cries the Dwarf photographer, “I’ll find him a place when I’m ready.”

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地位 (54) dì wèi status, position

Answer 201

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lā (lǎ) pull

(On the slopes of a volcano) a huge hand appears and helps Bart to stand, giving him a strong PULL. / The Giant points to the approaching lava (which Bart hadn’t seen).

Answer 202

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la exclamation

(Think of this as a continuation of the previous story) Bart points at the mouth of the cave, pulling at his rescuer’s sleeve. “Over there ! Look !” he EXCLAIMs. / The robot, covered in bits of lava, has reached the safety of the cave and is trying to clean himself up.
(This is an abbreviation for 了啊 (“le” plus “a”, Characters 66 and 143))

Answer 203

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huǒ fire

/ The wheel is on FIRE but the twin teddies (who were supposed to be guarding it) can’t put out the flames because when they try to pick up the hose their paws freeze!

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火车 (83) huǒ chē a train

Answer 204

A

dēng lamp

(In an old castle) “If we could find a way of putting some fire on a nail in the wall we could have a LAMP in the room.” / The Giant dunks twigs in candle-wax to make the first rudimentary lamp. (Does this story sound familiar?)

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电灯 (159) diàn dēng electric light

Answer 205

A

zhàn occupy

The fortune teller’s magic mouth was so popular that her tent was always OCCUPIED, and so a big crowd formed outside. / The Dwarf janitor had to be called to clear them away.

Answer 206

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zhàn station

You’re standing impatiently outside the occupied toilets at the train STATION (and your train is due any minute). / The Dwarf is sitting in the janitor’s office (and is in no mood to be helpful).

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车站 (83) chē zhàn (bus) stop, station

Answer 207

A

fire (This is the form taken by “fire” when appearing as the bottom part of other characters.)

Answer 208

A

diǎn speck

All the places round the camp fire were occupied, except two seats with white SPECKs on them. / It was toothpaste left by the Twin Teddies who’d gone off to the dentist.

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点心 (161) diǎn xīn dim sum, snack
地点 (54) dì diǎn venue
一点儿 (1, 21) yì diǎnr a bit, a tiny amount
有点儿 (63, 21) yǒu diǎnr slightly; somewhat

Answer 209

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diàn store

If you occupy the shelter for a certain length of time, you are allowed to turn it into a STORE. / The two dwarves set up a shop selling dentist ’s supplies (picture them surrounded by false teeth, drills, etc.)

书店 (176) shū diàn bookstore
酒店 (102) jiǔ diàn liquor store; pub

Answer 210

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guǒ fruit

The developers want to dig up the field with the tree in it, but can’t because the tree produces a rare FRUIT. / The twin teddies who look after the tree say, “Go away, Go away!”

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如果 (80) rú guǒ if
后果 (150) hòu guǒ consequence

Answer 211

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kē number of trees

Each tree produces fruits to reproduce and create a NUMBER OF TREES. / The Giant uses stretches his hammock between lots of big trees and eats his beancurd.

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三棵树 (3, 155) sān kē shù three trees

Answer 212

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kè lesson

(In school) Next to their pictures, the words for the fruits are written up during the LESSON. / During the lesson the Dwarf teaches them how to make bean curd (and is irritated at having to sit in for the cookery teacher).

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课文 (25) kè wén (piece of) text
上课 (42) shàng kè attend class
课本 (174) kè běn textbook
下课 (43) xià kè finish class

Answer 213

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to tap

The topiarist was dreaming of trimming clouds with his shears (creating wonderful shapes) - until he felt a TAP on his shoulder (waking him up as his lunch break was over). /

Answer 214

A

zhèng government

A ranger stands by the upright sign and taps it, saying, “You can’t come in here - this is an area protected by the GOVERNMENT.” / The Dwarf has to take his jungle tours elsewhere.

Answer 215

A

gǔ old

A big cross has been painted above the mouth of one of the caves, to remind the forgetful OLD woman who lives there which cave is hers! / Winnie the Pooh is eating baked goose inside, unaware of that.

Answer 216

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gù former

(The finale of the conjuror’s act) “This time I’m going to use this very old wand to tap the hat, because it belonged to my FORMER magic teacher.” / The Dwarf assistant wondered what the conjuror would say when he pulled a goose from the hat (as the Dwarf hadn’t been able to find a rabbit).

Answer 217

A

gū aunt

“Why does that woman look so old?” asks the little girl in the audience. “Shh! She’s your AUNT!” her mother replies in a whisper. / “If you’re rude about her the Giant will come and fill your mouth with sticky goo.”

Answer 218

A

hú beard

The old moon has become reckless and has let his BEARD grow. / The Fairy gives him a hoodie so he can cover himself so noone can see him.

Answer 219

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hú lake

The water gets in the wizard’s beard as he drinks from the LAKE. / The lake Fairy Emma appears and says, “Who ’s that? Who ’s there? Do you need a hoodie too?”

Answer 220

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kè gram

In school the old American boys are being taught about GRAMs (they’d learned to use ounces when they were younger). / The Dwarf teacher curses the newfangled metric system.

Answer 221

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xīn spicy

(At the Bart’s children’s party) The children have to stand on the cross painted on the ground until they get the signal to start, then they must follow the SPICY smell trail. / The Giant had laid the trail by strapping a bag of curry powder to his shin!

Answer 222

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qīn kin

Imagine you are standing in a tree - not an ordinary tree but your family tree, and your KIN are all around you. / Some of your kin will be high enough to touch the Giant’s chin.

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母亲 (127) mǔ qīn mother
亲自 (94) qīn zì in person

Answer 223

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chǎn to produce

Imagine standing on a cliff overlooking the sea - it’s the ideal spot for a factory to PRODUCE buckets and spades. / Teddy buys the first ones and slides down the channel leading to the beach.

Answer 224

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kǎ card

Above the fortune teller’s head floats her business CARD. / Teddy secretly borrows her magic carpet to fly up behind her and get a closer look.

Answer 225

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hái; huán 1. still 2. give back

King Juan Carlos of Spain is getting high, so he’s giving back all the land and real estate his ancestors confiscated from the people. But he STILL wants to travel so he says to his lawyer: “Not the road! As high as I am, I’m STILL not giving them these back!” He’s looking for genuine happiness and plays U2’s “But I still haven’t found…”

Answer 226

A

kàn look at

(On an old sailing ship) The Captain raises a hand to shade his eyes to LOOK AT the enemy ship. / He sees the Dwarf loading a cannon.

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好看 (18) hǎo kàn good-looking; interesting
看来 (65) kàn lái it looks as if
看法 (87) kàn fǎ (negative) opinion

Answer 227

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tǎo ask for

The young child Maggie is learning to read, and traces her finger along the words inch by inch - but has to ASK FOR help when any big words crop up, so Marge is there to help. / But Teddy has to keep quiet, not to disturb her, but he’s building a tower of blocks in the corner (but every now and again there is a loud crashing sound!)

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