L20 Also Flashcards
也
ALSO // scorpion pictograph, linking together your shopping list “milk, also bread, also sausages”.»_space; SCORPION
她
SHE // she who must not be named, haggard, Kept everyone at bay using scorpion venom.
地
GROUND // scorpions, 1000s of them, compressing soil until it becomes solid ground
池
POND // scorpion started life as a waterboatman, gliding across the pond. Did you know that?
虫
INSECT // a chinese (zhong) looking insect, uniquely using a propeller underneath to help it fly. Spectacular
虾
SHRIMP // dive underneath water and what looked like nasty insects turn out to be tasty shrimp.
独
ALONE // One insect, usually in a pack, now stuck with a pack of rabid dogs. Uh oh, all alone.
虽
ALTHOUGH // mouth full of insects. “although it might feel odd, on I’m A Celebrity” bugs mean prizes
己
SELF // sinister side of oneself, a snake. When you do something nasty, it’s because the snake inside yourself has slithered into your hand.»_space; SNAKE
起
BEGIN // “You may begin” exam hall, they can’t walk out because snakes tying down their feet.
改
ALTER // taskmaster on boat in Africa can’t communicate change in direction, so whips everyone with nearest object to hand, a sea snake.
记
REMEMBER // Christians remember, through bands on their wrists, the words that the snake spoke to adam and eve. Leave the apple alone!
已
ALREADY // snake with mouth half closed, on deathbed and already dead. Call the taxidermist because there’s valuable»_space; SNAKESKIN
包
WRAP // bind up a snakeskin, forming the perfect vietnamese wrap (better than subway)
泡
BUBBLES // before bubble wrap, someone invented water wrap. It got everywhere
导
GUIDE // in jungle tour, guides glue snakeskins to their legs to fool snakes
顾
LOOK BACK // look back up the cliff, lifting your head to see who it is that is dangling you - it’s the lady with the snakeskin scarf!
> > 豕
SOW // fat, lolloping, limbs splayed and impossible to distinguish
逐
PURSUE // Inspired by cheese rolling, this village chases sows down a steep road
家
HOUSE // extended version of top primitive. In olden village days, the sow was kept in house - here it’s snuggled up under blanket.
> > 场 (right only)
PIGLETS // smaller version of sow, this exciteable bunch charge around (see the zig zag first stroke) with boundless energy
场
SITE // best hire time-team ever made - excitable piglets who love digging out their next site
汤
PIGLETS // determined to find the most profitable business plan, the energy-charged piglet clan discover ‘water soup’. With their endless charm they sell bucketfuls.
羊
SHEEP // pictograph. No ordinary sheep - this is a murakami style weird one.
美
BEAUTIFUL // after an epic journey through hokkaido, the sheep at the end is a beautiful sight: the largest sheep in the world, buried in snow.
洋
OCEAN // murakami’s sheep dives into the pacific ocean to hawaii - a sheep in the open ocean.
鲜
FRESH // on mountains, sheep know where to catch the fish - fresh at the source
样
APPEARANCE // shaun the sheep dressed up as a tree - appearance is important when hiding from the robot preston.