00．身 body
身 body 在 present 曹营 Cao's place 心 heart 在 present 汉 Han This idiom was derived from a story in the novel The Three Kingdoms. It is said...
99．舌部 tongue
舌 tongue 战 fight 群 group 儒 scholars This story took place towards the end of the Eastern Han period. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan were...
98．斤 axe
疑 suspect 邻 neighbor 盗 steal 斧 axe Once upon a time, a village man lost his axe. He suspected that his neighbor's son, Dadong, had stolen...
97．矢部 arrow
有 have 的 target 放 release 矢 arrow 有的放矢 means to shoot the arrow at the target. It is used to describe people who have a well-defined...
96．夂 arriving
夏summer 至arrive 和and 冬winter 至arrive In the Chinese lunar calendar, in addition to twelve months based on the moon, the lunar year is...
95．寸部 Chinese unit of length
尺foot 短short 寸inch 长long 尺短寸长 means sometimes a foot may be too short and an inch may to be long - or everyone has his or her strong and...
94．止 foot
望watch 梅plum 止quench (stop) 渴thirst This story takes place during the Three Kingdoms Period. Before Cao Cao became King of the Wei State...
93．工部 ruler
良good 工worker 巧skillful 匠craftsman Lu Ban鲁班, was a carpenter in ancient times. He was regarded as a 良工巧匠 — a highly skilled craftsman....
92．户部 single-leaf door
门当door sleepers (underneath of the door) 户对door pillars (on the top of door frame) In traditional Chinese architecture, door sleepers and...
91．匚部 box; container
神magic 医doctor 华佗Hua Tuo In the Eastern Han Dynasty汉朝, Hua Tuo华佗 was an accomplished doctor. His medical knowledge covered mam fields,...
