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,...
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...
