Chapter 4

Question 1

ONLY - zhǐ

Answer 1

a gigantic mouth and two wee animal legs
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4-51

Question 2

SHELLFISH - bèi
oyster, clam

Answer 2

shells for money, a shellfish with a freaking large eye
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4-52

Question 3

PASTE - tiē

Answer 3

An oyster with a sign pasted on for fortune telling
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4-53

Question 4

CHASTE - zhēn

Answer 4

Diogenes with a wand looking for Jeanne d’E, so zhēn
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4-54

Question 5

EMPLOYEE - yuán

Answer 5

the worker gets his mouth clamped with a clam
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4-55

Question 6

YOUNGSTER - er
human legs

Answer 6

a youngster that is all legs
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4-56

Question 7

HOW MANY? - jǐ
wind, sm table

Answer 7

how many roads (blowing in the wind)
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4-57

Question 8

SEE - jiàn

Answer 8

the big eye on human legs
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4-58

Question 9

BEGINNING - yuán

Answer 9

a couple and some legs, and off we go
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4-59

Question 10

PAGE - yè
a head

Answer 10

a one-pager but pearl of wisdom
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4-60

Question 11

STUBBORN - wán

Answer 11

sticking stubbornly to the beginning page
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4-61

Question 12

ORDINARY - fán

Answer 12

an ordinary little drop in the wind (not under table)
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4-62

Question 13

MUSCLE - jī

Answer 13

the meaty/muscle guy at the table to arm wrestle
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4-63

Question 14

DEFEATED - fù

Answer 14

an all bound shellfish in the restaurant, defeated
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4-64

Question 15

TEN THOUSAND - wàn

Answer 15

one/wan ten-thousand, …
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4-65

Question 16

UNIFORM - yún

Answer 16

two neatly bound up, so uniform
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4-66

Question 17

SENTENCE - jù

Answer 17

cluster of words bound to become a sentence
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4-67

Question 18

DECAMERON - xún

Answer 18

cluster of days, bound for a decameron
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4-68

Question 19

LADLE - sháo

Answer 19

the drops bound up on a spoon
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4-69

Question 20

BULL’S EYE - de

Answer 20

white bird on a ladle for shooting practice
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4-70

Question 21

HEADS - shǒu

Answer 21

horns and a nose, a moose’s head on the wall
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4-71