L6

Question 1

乙

Answer 1

SECOND // the second person in line has set up a rocking chair, and is laughing at the insecure person in fourth

Question 2

飞

Answer 2

FLY // this large fishhook has two drops acting as a makeshift propeller

Question 3

子

Answer 3

CHILD // it’s like one of those cocoons parents wear on their back, and the child has their arms out and head resting on mummy’s shoulder. Can also mean an older child too

Question 4

孔

Answer 4

CAVITY // dentist holds up the kid’s mouth X-ray… “cavity”, he says, and produces a sharp metal hook… Aaaaah

Question 5

吼

Answer 5

ROAR // …as the dentist approaches your cavity, you open your mouth wide and let out an almighty roar

Question 6

乱

Answer 6

CHAOS // when tempers flare, tongues turn into hooks which lampoon everyone, sheer chaos (think house of commons)

Question 7

了

Answer 7

-ed // completed action. The child’s arms have been tuckED inside the parents cocoon

Question 8

女

Answer 8

WOMAN // this squatting lady is more beautiful in the feel of drawing than in her awkward stance

Question 9

好

Answer 9

GOOD // woman + child

Question 10

如

Answer 10

BE LIKE // a woman’s opening is similar to a mouth, a cave, a door, etc. odd, I know, but this system was formed long ago…

Question 11

母

Answer 11

MOTHER // tilt this sideways to see the squatting woman, and then add two drops of breast milk

Question 12

贯

Answer 12

PIERCE // mother + oyster, putting a pearl in mums ear requires a piercing first, but she’ll look wonderful

Question 13

兄

Answer 13

ELDER BROTHER // big mouth on legs, the dominant sibling

Question 14

克

Answer 14

OVERCOME // the needle (drugs) hangs over teenage life, but remains out of reach above as they band together saying “we shall overcome” with white wristbands