L5

Question 1

直

Answer 1

STRAIGHT // ten eyes represent a group of scientists who are working to draw a straight line without the use of any equipment

Question 2

置

Answer 2

SET UP // playing badminton, one needs to first set up a very very straight net. See it, there?

Question 3

真

Answer 3

TRUE // 10 + tool, the ten commandments offer a good tool to assess whether someone is true to themselves

Question 4

具

Answer 4

TOOL // onthe workbench, each tool keeps a physical eye on your work (also found in just the bottom form)

Answer 5

BY ONES SIDE // indicates how ones fingers naturally fall when by ones side

Question 6

工

Answer 6

WORK // iron girder, hard work bending that!

Question 7

左

Answer 7

LEFT // work, by ones side, off to the left is seen as dodgy, dirty work, sinister

Question 8

右

Answer 8

RIGHT // jimmeny cricket sits on your right shoulder, mouthing into your right ear the right things to do, morally

Question 9

有

Answer 9

POSSESS // flesh dangling by side of cowboy, who, worried of its potential evil spirit, wishes to exorcise the flesh by swinging it in the air

Question 10

贿

Answer 10

BRIBE // those who possess a lot of shells will find it easier to bribe their way through life

Question 11

贡

Answer 11

TRIBUTE // tributes don’t come free. Workers have to work hard to earn the shells to pay their master for a trophy.

Question 12

项

Answer 12

ITEM // a part of an itemised list, written on one page, each item being represented by a bloody heavy girder

Question 13

刀

Answer 13

SWORD // mighty swooshing weight of hardened metal, ready for battle

Question 14

刃

Answer 14

BLADE // razor sharp, you can even see the drop of blood

Question 15

切

Answer 15

CUT // seven, primitive meaning diced, and a sword… This is the birthday gift for a chef who proceeds to use his new sword to dice up not only veg, but also his entire collection of kitchen utensils

Question 16

召

Answer 16

SUMMON // the bailiffs are at your door, pointing a sharp sword at your mouth and summoning you to trial

Question 17

昭

Answer 17

EVIDENT // an excellent lawyer summons the sun itself down to give evidence

Question 18

则

Answer 18

RULE // rules dictate that clam must only be fished when it’s a certain size, so stick the knife in, crack it open and measure

Question 19

畐

Answer 19

WEALTH // one mouth, fed full by an entire field. That’s the luxury of wealth

Question 20

副

Answer 20

VICE // an evil clinger-on is an unavoidable vice for the baron, so cutting a slice of wealth is necessary

Question 21

丁

Answer 21

FOURTH // someone waiting fourth in line for the new star wars movie, so desperate that they are using a spike to secure their place

Question 22

叮

Answer 22

STING // owh, you know how a bee stings with its bum? Well it just bit me with its mouth too!

Question 23

可

Answer 23

CAN // “I can do it!” puffed the little train engine as it heaved uphill, spitting spikes from its mouth for extra traction

Question 24

哥

Answer 24

OLDER BROTHER // older brothers can do the can can too

Question 25

顶

Answer 25

CREST // spike head, like a moheachan punk trying to replicate natures cockatoo