90．走部 to run; to walk
走runing 马horse 观watching 花flowers 走马观花 —seeing flowers while riding on horseback - came from a peom written by a famous Tang poet. Meng...
89．瓦部 tile
宁would rather 为to be 玉jade 碎broken, 不not 为to be 瓦tile 全unbroken In the year 550, Gao Yang, the General of the Eastern Wei in the Northern...
88．爪部 claw
片single 鳞fish scale 半half 爪bird claw This idiom describes a situation in which one sees only a very small fraction of a whole, like...
87．勹 wrap up; packet
包wrap 罗include 万ten thousand 象phenomenon Pu Songling蒲松龄 was one of the great authors of the Qing Dynasty. He wrote a collection of short...
86．气部 air; gas
紫purple 气air 东east 来come During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a man named Yin Xi尹喜 worked as the Head of the Hangu Pass函谷关. One morning, as...
85．彡 embellish
巾帼ancient woman's head dress (women) 不not 让yield to 须眉moustache (men) Toward the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, barbarians neighboring...
84．儿部 child
难difficult to be 兄elder brother 难difficult to be 弟younger brother This story took place during the Han Dynasty. A County Magistrate had...
83．殳 ancient weapon
古代的ancient 车carriage 战combat 兵器weapon—殳 shu The use of the weapon 殳 in chariot combat started in the Pre-Qin Dynasty period. According to...
82．黑部black
近close to 朱vermilion 者person 赤red, 近close to 墨ink 者person 黑black Ouyang Xiu欧阳修 was a great scholar during the Northern Song period. He...
81．方部 square
右right 手hand 画draw 圆circle, 左left 手hand 画draw 方square Once upon a time, a person thought that he was very smart. He bragged that he...
