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Mnemonic: it is **correct** (<<对>>) to say that **trees** (树) are made out of of **wood** (<<木>>)
Mnemonic: in their **discussions** (<<讨论>>), they always **talked** (<<言>>) about how his penis was only one **inch** <<寸>> long
[[台]]
==== 台 (tai2, platform)
Mnemonic: he was doing something **private** (<<厶>>) to her with his **mouth** (<<口>>) on the train **platform**
Characters:
* <<治>>
Words:
* <<台湾>>
[[田]]
==== 田 (tian1, field)
Characters:
* <<单>>
[[体]]
==== 体 (ti3, body)
Mnemonic: the Irish **people** <<人>> eat so much **potato** (<<本>>) that 90% of their **bodies** are made out of potato molecules
Words:
* <<体重>>
[[土]]
==== 土 (tu3, soil)
Notes: the normal Kangxi translation is "earth", but we are afraid that this could be ambiguous with the "Planet Earth", so choosing soil instead
Characters:
* <<幸>>
[[王]]
==== 王 (wang2, king)
Characters:
* <<龶>>
[[勿]]
==== 勿 (wu4, atom)
Mnemonic: atoms are part of **matter** <<物>>
[[物]]
==== 物 (wu4, matter [Physics])
Mnemonic: **cows** (<<牛>>) are made of **atoms** (<<勿>>), both of which are made of **matter**
Words:
* <<物理>>
[[心]]
==== 心 (xin1, heart)
Short forms: 忄,⺗
Mnemonic: Kangxi 42.
Characters:
* <<情>>
[[幸]]
==== 幸 (xing4, luck)
Mnemonic: you will have much better **luck** cycling when the **soil** (<<土>>) is **dry** (<<干>>)
Words:
* <<不幸>>
[[言]]
==== 言 (yan2, speak, say)
Short forms: 讠
Mnemonic: imagine **two** (<<二>>) flying **mouths** (<<口>>) trying to speak, but they can't because a plastic **lid** (<<亠>>) has been placed on them
[[炎]]
==== 炎 (yan2, inflammation)
Mnemonic: getting burnt by two **fires** (<<火>>) tends to cause skin inflammation
Words:
* <<肺炎>>
[[疫]]
==== 疫 (yi4, epidemic)
Mnemonic: the world's greatest **epidemic** which is making people **sick** (<<疫>>) is **coffee** (<<殳>>) drinking
Words:
* <<疫情>>
[[又]]
==== 又 (you4, again)
Characters:
* <<对>>
[[元]]
==== 元 (yuan2, first)
Mnemonic: my **first** **son** (<<儿>>) had **two** (<<二>>) legs, but the second one had three!
[[月]]
==== 月 (yue4, moon)
Characters:
* <<青>>
[[云]]
==== 云 (yun2, cloud)
Mnemonic: she made **two** (<<二>>) **private** (<<厶>>) farts in her home, but that produced a fart **cloud** that surrounded her for the rest of the week
Characters:
* <<动>>
* <<运>>
[[运]]
==== 运 (yun4, sports)
Notes: the most watched **sport** in heaven is that **cloud** (<<云>>) speed **walking** (<<辵>>)
[[爪]]
==== 爪 (zhao3, claws)
Short forms: 爫
Characters:
* <<爬>>
[[政]]
==== 政 (zheng4, politics)
Mnemonic: to do **politics** in China, you have to **tap** (<<攴>>) those <<xinjiang,Uyghurs>> on the shoulder and tell them to **straighten** (<<正>>) their backs
Words:
* <<政治>>
[[正]]
==== 正 (zheng4, straighten)
Mnemonic: **one** (<<一>>) **stop** (<<止>>) at the bone doctor is all it takes to **straighten** up your hurting back
Characters:
* <<政>>
[[之]]
==== 之 (zhi1)
Sentences:
* the preceding sentence modifies the following sentence
** <<青铜兵器之殳简介>>
*** here for example "青铜兵器" describes "殳" as in "'Shu', the bronze weapon".
[[止]]
==== 止 (zhi3, stop)
Characters:
* <<正>>
Words:
* <<禁止>>
[[治]]
==== 治 (zhi4, cure)
Mnemonic: she **cured** him from his heat stroke with water **water** (<<水>>) right on the train **platform** (<<台>>)
Words:
* <<治愈>>
[[重]]
==== 重 (zhong4, dumbbell)
Mnemonic: the best exercise to get fit is to carry **one thousand** (<<千>>) **dumbells** over one thousand **miles** (<<里>>)
Words:
* <<体重>>
Mnemonic: imagine a **dog** (<<犬>>) model **shaped** from **split wood** pieces (<<丬>>)
[[子]]
==== 子 (zi, child)
Mnemonic: Kangxi 39.
Characters:
* <<存>>
Format:
....
[[<<english-word>>]]
==== <<english-word>> (<<chinese-translation>>, <<chinese-translation>>)
* <<chinese-translation>>
** <<sentence containing in that sense>>
* <<chinese-translation>>
** <<sentence containing in that sense>>
....
[[close]]
==== Close (关,合)
* 关 TODO
* 合 TODO close a book
[[<word>]]
=== <word> (<pinyin>, <main-translation>)
* <<english-word>>
** <<chinese-sentence-containing>>
* <character-contained>
* <character-contained>
Words:
* <word-containing>
* <word-containing>
Subwords:
* <word-contained>
* <word-contained>
* <<chinese-sentence-containing>>
** <<note-on-this-sentence>>
Sentences:
* <<sense>>
** <<chinese-sentence-containing>>
*** <<note-on-this-sentence>>
* translations is useful if there are multiple possible English translations, and examples if it is more one-to-one with the `main-translation`
* mnemonics are mostly useful for proper nouns, for common nouns, it is usually obvious from the composing characters. This is why Chinese is amazing.
[[巴西]]
==== 巴西 (ba1 xi1, Brazil)
Characters:
* <<巴>>
* 西
[[不幸]]
==== 不幸 (bu4 xing4, unlucky)
Characters:
* <<不>>
* <<幸>>
[[歹人]]
==== 歹人 (dai3 ren2, villain)
Characters:
* <<歹>>
* <<人>>
[[肺炎]]
==== 肺炎 (fei4 yan2, pneumonia)
Characters:
* <<肺>>
* <<炎>>
* <<肺炎疫情下的武汉幸存者我是不幸之中幸运的人>>
** This was one of the most common ways to refer to <<corona>>
[[冠状病毒]]
==== 冠状病毒 (guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2, Corona virus)
Characters:
* <<冠>>
[[购物清单]]
==== 购物清单 (gou4 wu4 qing1 dan1, shopping list)
Subwords:
* 购物 TODO
* <<清单>>
Sentences:
* <<购物清单APP即使你是购物狂也不用再担心了>>
[[理论]]
==== 理论 (li3 lun4, logic)
Characters:
[[时]]
==== 时 (shi2, time)
Mnemonic: if the **sun** (<<日>>) moves an **inch** (<<寸>>) in the sky, then that means that 1 minute of **time** has passed
Words:
* <<临时>>
[[临时]]
==== 临时 (lin2 shi2, temporary)
Characters:
* <<临>>
* <<时>>
[[审查]]
==== 审查 (shen3 cha2, censor)
Characters:
* <<审>>
* <<查>>
[[木头]]
==== 木头 (mu4 tou, wood, timber or log)
Characters:
* <<木>>
* 头
[[爬行]]
==== 爬行 (pa2 xing2, crawl)
Translations:
* crawl
** <<大多数宝宝在6-10个月之间学会爬行>>
Characters:
* <<爬>>
* 行
[[清单]]
==== 清单 (qing1 dan1, list)
Characters:
* <<清>>
* <<单>>
Translations:
* <<list>>
Words:
* <<购物清单>>
[[青铜]]
==== 青铜 (qing1 tong2, bronze)
Characters:
* <<青>>
* 铜 TODO copper
Sentences:
* <<青铜兵器之殳简介>>
[[台湾]]
==== 台湾 (tai2 wan1, Taiwan)
Mnemonic: <<台>> 湾 TODO
[[讨论]]
==== 讨论 (tao3 luan4, discuss)
Characters:
* <<讨>>
* <<论>>
[[体重]]
==== 体重 (ti3 zhong4, body weight)
Characters:
* <<体>>
* <<重>>
Sentences:
* <<测量体重>>
[[物理]]
==== 物理 (wu4 li3, Physics)
Characters:
* <<物>>
* <<理>>
[[幸存]]
==== 幸运 (xing4 cun2, survive)
Characters:
* <<幸>>
* <<存>>
[[幸运]]
==== 幸运 (xing4 yun4, lucky)
Characters:
* <<幸>>
* <<运>>
[[疫情]]
==== 疫情 (yi4 qing2, epidemic situation)
Characters:
* <<疫>>
* <<情>>
Sentences:
* <<肺炎疫情下的武汉幸存者我是不幸之中幸运的人>>
[[元旦]]
==== 元旦 (yuan2 dan4, (Chinese) New Year's day)
Characters:
* <<元>>
* <<旦>>
[[运动]]
==== 运动 (yun4 dong4, sports)
Characters:
* <<运>>
* <<动>>
[[政治]]
==== 政治 (zheng4 zhi4, politics)
Characters:
* <<政>>
* <<治>>
[[治愈]]
==== 治愈 (zhi4 yu4, recover from a disease, be cured from a disease)
Characters:
* <<治>>
* 愈
* `Sentences`: is mostly for when you have a smaller collocational phrase that feels too generic for a "word", but which can also go inside a larger "super-sentence"
[[测量体重]]
==== 测量体重 (Measure body weight, to weight oneself)
Source: https://www.zhihu.com/question/30477989
Words:
* 测量 TODO
* <<体重>>
Sentences:
* 有哪些有趣的测量体重的方法？ What are some interesting ways of measuring your weight?
** Source: https://www.zhihu.com/question/30477989
* 怎么正确的测量体重？什么时候的体重是标准的？ How to correctly measure your weight? What is the time of the day at which a weight measure is considered standard?
** Source: https://jingyan.baidu.com/article/375c8e19e9727025f2a229e3.html
==== 大多数宝宝在6-10个月之间学会爬行 (Most babies learn to crawl between 6 and 10 months)
Source: https://baike.pcbaby.com.cn/qzbd/13387.html (https://web.archive.org/web/20180213164914/https://baike.pcbaby.com.cn/qzbd/13387.html[archive])
Words: 大多数宝宝在6-10个月之间学会<<爬行>>
[[肺炎疫情下的武汉幸存者我是不幸之中幸运的人]]
==== 肺炎疫情下的武汉幸存者："我是不幸之中幸运的人" (Wuhan survivor after the pneumonia epidemic: "I am a lucky one amongst the unlucky")
Source: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-51527843
Context: The article is about a man who survived because he asked for help online, and netizens helped him out and he survived.
[[购物清单APP即使你是购物狂也不用再担心了]]
==== 购物清单APP，即使你是购物狂也不用再担心了 (With a shopping list APP, even if you are crazy about shopping you don't need to worry anymore)
Source: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/27498655
Words: <<购物清单>>APP，即使<<你>>是购物狂也不用再担心了
[[青铜兵器之殳简介]]
==== 青铜兵器之“殳”简介 (An introduction to the bronze weapon "shu" (殳))
Source: http://wenzhengwenhua.com/article-2023-1.html
Words: <<青铜>>兵器<<之>>“殳”简介