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...
40．八【丷】部 divide; separate
八eight仙immortals过cross海sea The Eight immortals are legendary figures in Chinese folk stories. 八仙过海is one story about the eight immortals...
39．酉部 alcohol
酒wine仙god李白a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (The Wine Spirit Li Bai) 李白was a famous romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, who was also...
38．食【食饣】部 food
东east食eat西west宿sleep Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young maiden of marriageable age. One day, a rich couple in the east side...
37．示【礻】部 to show
告to tell示to show (bulletin) In the Tang Dynasty唐朝, a court officer named Zhou Xing周兴 was assigned control of all prison affairs. He was...
36．阜【阝左】部 hill
曲zigzag阜hill(the name for Confucius’ hometown) 曲阜is located in the southwest of Shandong province. After the Chu State Conquered the Lu...
35．车【車】部 cart, vehicle
杯cup水water车cartload薪faggots 杯水车薪means to extinguish a burning carload of faggots with a cup of water. Here it is the story: One day, a...
34．贝【貝】部 seashell
成语idiom拾pick up贝a seashell 成语拾贝There are 18000 Chinese idioms listed in the Dictionary of Chinese Idioms. It is common knowledge that...
