Tasks and items of daily life

Question 1

逸 yì

Answer 1

1) ease, idleness; 2) to let go, to loose (hence here “to develop freely”)

Question 2

巢 chaó

Answer 2

to nestle

Question 3

浮 fú

Answer 3

to float

Question 4

蔽 bì

Answer 4

to cover, to obscure

Question 5

馳 chí

Answer 5

gallop, to let/set loose

Question 6

驅 qū

Answer 6

drive, ride

Question 7

焚 fén

Answer 7

to burn

Question 8

遺 wèi

Answer 8

present to, deliver; yí: bequeath, leave to one’s heirs, vestige

Question 9

萎 weī

Answer 9

to wither (= 葳)

Question 10

遇 yù

Answer 10

to meet, to happen upon

Question 11

獵 liè

Answer 11

hunt

Question 12

刈 yì

Answer 12

to cut, to mow

Question 13

犁 lí

Answer 13

plow

Question 14

奉 fèng

Answer 14

to respectfully offer

Question 15

彈 tán

Answer 15

to pluck a string

Question 16

繅 sāo

Answer 16

to reel silk from cocoons (placed in hot water)

Question 17

薦 jiàn

Answer 17

present, to offer

Question 18

乾 gān (干)

Answer 18

dry

Question 19

炊 chuī

Answer 19

to cook food

Question 20

爇 ruò

Answer 20

to burn

Question 21

聘 pìn

Answer 21

to make an amicable visit; betrothal, to make a wedding agreement

Question 22

購 gòu

Answer 22

to buy, purchase

Question 23

寄

Answer 23

dwell temporarily, stop over, take refuge in; be dependent on; attach to lodge; short sojourn

Question 24

镶 xiang

Answer 24

eat

Question 25

盤 pán

Answer 25

platter, plate, dish (hence also metal)

Question 26

甕 wèng

Answer 26

earthen jar

Question 27

竈 (灶) zaò

Answer 27

the stove

Question 28

黍餹 shǔtáng

Answer 28

millet sugar

Question 29

燭 zhú

Answer 29

candle, torch

Question 30

脯 fǔ

Answer 30

dried meat, jerky

Question 31

薪 xīn

Answer 31

firewood

Question 32

稻 daò

Answer 32

rice, paddy field

Question 33

滌 dí

Answer 33

wash, rinse, alter, cleanse (蕩滌 is the antonym to MM 污染)

Question 34

Measures (5)

Answer 34

1. 丈 zhàng: length measure equivalent to 10 chĭ 尺 (1 尺 being ten foot)
2. 頃 qĭng: area unit, one hectare equivalent to 100 mŭ 畝.
3. 寸 cùn: measure: inch, one tenth of a Chinese foot 尺 chĭ.
4. 升 shēng: 1. volume measure: a pint (10 升=1 斗); 2. verb: to ascend
5. 斤 jīn: weight measure (catty); equivalent to 16 ‘ounces’

Question 35

羅 luó

Answer 35

net, gauze, web, grid

Question 36

繩 shéng

Answer 36

cord, rope 繩縷 shénglǚ

Question 37

鳶 yuān

Answer 37

kite

Question 38

索 suŏ

Answer 38

rope, to bind

Question 39

脂 zhī

Answer 39

oil, grease

Question 40

軻 kē

Answer 40

pair of wheels

Question 41

璧 bì

Answer 41

round jade disc with hole in the middle, often used as a symbol of an agreement

Question 42

輿 yú

Answer 42

carriage

Question 43

矢 shĭ

Answer 43

1. arrow; 2. excrement屎

Question 44

箏 zhēng

Answer 44

lute, harpsichord

Question 45

絃 xián

Answer 45

string

Question 46

曲 qū

Answer 46

melody, piece of music

Question 47

five notes in the pentatonic scale

Answer 47

宫 商 角 徵（zhǐ） 羽

Question 48

章

Answer 48

pattern, a part

Question 49

柱 zhù

Answer 49

pillar, fret of a string instrument

Question 50

膏 gaō

Answer 50

salve, ointment, balsam

Question 51

服 fú

Answer 51

a dose of medicine, to take or apply medicine

Question 52

棋/碁 qí

Answer 52

board game, chess

Question 53

榻 tà

Answer 53

bed couch

Question 54

屩 jué

Answer 54

sandals made of hemp or straw

Question 55

絹布 juàn bù

Answer 55

silk or cotton fabric

Question 56

素

Answer 56

unadorned, undyed silk; sometimes : typically, expectedly, habitually

Question 57

紈 wán

Answer 57

white silk

Question 58

椎 chuí/zhuí

Answer 58

iron awl, pin