Chapter 2

Question 1

ANCIENT - gǔ

我找到一个装有几枚 gu3 钱币的锅子.

Answer 1

gravestone with cross on top
I found a pot in which there were several old coins.
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Question 2

RECKLESSLY - hú

Answer 2

ancient moon, as in loopy full moon; non-Han people;
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Question 3

LEAF - yè

Answer 3

stuffing ten leaves into ones mouth
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Question 4

I (LITERARY) - wú

Answer 4

royal I;
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Question 5

COMPANION - péng

Answer 5

flesh (moon) on flesh
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Question 6

BRIGHT - míng

Answer 6

sun and moon each making it míng
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Question 7

GOODS - pǐn

Answer 7

heaps of, mass produced…, three mouths consuming
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Question 8

SPARKLING - jīng

Answer 8

a sparkling diamond, three little suns
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Question 9

PROSPEROUS - chāng

Answer 9

a sky with two suns, prosperous times
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Question 10

SING - chàng

Answer 10

a silent mouth (conductor) and two wagging tongues
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Question 11

EARLY - zǎo
sunflower

Answer 11

the sunflower turning to the early light
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Question 12

RISING SUN - xù

Answer 12

a Japanese flag rising on a baseball bat as a flagpole
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Question 13

GENERATION - shì

Answer 13

you can see the three + (ten) inside this character, one gen
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Question 14

STOMACH - wèi

你的 wei4 会痛吗?

Answer 14

brain and flesh all depend on the “stomach”
Do you feel any pain in your stomach?
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Question 15

DAYBREAK - dàn

Answer 15

sun peeking over horizon
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Question 16

CONCAVE - āo

Answer 16

autsch, you made a ding into me (that’s concave)
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Question 17

CONVEX - tū

Answer 17

a T (or tu) upside down
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