Lesson 7

Question 1

small

Answer 1

小

Question 2

few

Answer 2

少

small+drop
The drop indicates a belittling of what is already small-thus making it a few of something small.

Question 3

noisy

Answer 3

吵

mouth+few
There are very few things a mouth can say when being loud and noisy.

Question 4

grandchild

Answer 4

孙

Question 5

large

Answer 5

大

Question 6

tip

(N.)

Answer 6

尖

small+large

Question 7

evening

Answer 7

夕

A moon with a clould passing over it-partially hiding and hence eliminating the final stroke.

Question 8

many

Answer 8

多

Many moons ago.

Question 9

enough

Answer 9

够

sentence+many
Enough is enough. A man mutters this sentence many times obsessively.

Question 10

outside

Answer 10

外

evening+magic wand (divination)
Magic is more powerful at night; must go outside!

Question 11

name

(N.)

Answer 11

名

Naming ritual. Father enters the hut in the evening and puts his mouth next to the baby’s ear, whispering the name.

Question 12

silk gauze

Answer 12

罗

net+evening
Use the silk gauze as a hair net to keep your hair in place during the evening/night while you sleep.

Question 13

factory

Answer 13

厂

Everything is so simplified that there are no people needed. Even the robots retired, leaving-nothing.

Question 14

hall

Answer 14

厅

The Great Hall of Nails: a factory that makes nail beds, nail chairs, nail cribs for sideshow performers.

Question 15

stern

Answer 15

厉

factory+ten thousand
A school set up like a factory, with students at their desks being taught ten thousand bits of info by stern teachers who give stern punishments if you fail.

Question 16

thick

Answer 16

厚

cliff (factory)+sun (day)+child
Thick-headed, thick-skinned. A child who is abandoned on the cliffs, exposed to the heat of the sun/day is doomed to develop a head and skin as thick as the parents who left it there.

Question 17

stone

Answer 17

石

Mouth under a cliff, with a large stone sealing the mouth of the cave.

Question 18

gravel

Answer 18

砂

A few stones.

Question 19

wonderful

Answer 19

妙

There are only a few women that are truly wonderful. They’re few and far between.

Question 20

resemble

Answer 20

肖

small+flesh (month)
A son that resembles his father is a chip off the old block; literally has a small bit of flesh the same.

Question 21

peel

(V.)

Answer 21

削

sparks (resemble)+saber
He resembles a pirate, using his saber to peel an apple, sparks flying,

Question 22

ray

Answer 22

光

small+human legs
A child named Ray likes to stick his small human legs in the ray of the sun coming through the window, just like his name suggests.

Question 23

overly

Answer 23

太

Question 24

economize

Answer 24

省

You need to economize. You have eyes all over your head; pluck them out until only a few eyes remain.

Question 25

strange

Answer 25

奇 The large steam engine is strange (It can talk! "I think I can")