50．革部 leather
马horse革hide裹wrap尸corpse 马革裹尸literally means to be wrapped in a horse hide after death (figuratively—to die on the battle field). In the...
49．彳部 small steps
彳和亍 The commonly accepted meanings of the characters 彳and亍are “small steps” and “stop walking” respectively. Another translation fro 彳is...
48．十部 perfect; many
十ten全complete十ten美perfect In the Zhou Dynasty, a doctor’s payment was based the cure rate of his patients. If ten of his patients all...
47．田部 land; field
井well田land制system In the Western Zhou Dynasty西周, all land were owned by the emperor’s family. In order to make it easy to loan the land...
46．米部 rice
鱼fish米rice之of乡town 鱼米之乡means a and of fish and rice. It is used to describe a place that is rich in agricultural and fishing products,...
45．大部 big
雷thunder声sound大lound，雨rain点drops小small 雷声大，雨点小The thunder is loud but the raindrops are small. This idiom can be used to describe a...
44．广部 big house
广厦mansions千万thousands间(a measure word for room) The famous Chinese Poet, Du Fu杜甫 (712-770) was born in Gong County巩县 of Henan Province河南省...
43．门【門】部 gate; door
门神door-god In Ancient China, on the evening of December 30 in Chinese Lunar calendar, people placed two carved peach-wood gods on either...
42．巾部 towel; cloth
巾帼ancient woman’s headdress英雄heroine 巾帼英雄means a heroic woman. This saying comes from a story that took place in the Northern Song北宋...
41．页部 head
颐health和harmony园garden（the Summer Palace） The Summer Palace is one of Beijing’s famous historical sites. Constructed in 1750, its...
