DLI 3-4

In this lesson, read through the information for each character. In your character notebook, draw a picture or cartoon of the story that will help you remember the character. Then take the quiz.

be like
女nǚ + 口
woman + mouth

I need a group of women where we can talk about what it would be like if…

There is an ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal.

chuáng

bed
广guǎng + 木
cave + tree

"You have a seat 座 and a mat 席 in your cave, but you decide to upgrade to a bed and bring in a tree trunk." (Hunter-Gatherer)

hái

or?
不 + 辶
no + road

Do you want this road or that road? No, not that one.

Or No?: Should you hit the road, or no? Take our reader’s quiz to assess your probability of finding work. (1930's On the Road)

suǒ

place [n.]
户 + 斤
door + axe

When you do finally reach your destination, you’ll know the place because there will be an axe by the door.

ground [n.]
土 + 也
soil + scorpion

scorpion lives in the soil or ground

xià

summer
一 + 自 + 夂
ceiling + nose + walking legs

You've hired "fans" to hang by their noses to the ceiling and use their legs to move the summer air.

heat [n./v.]
执 + 灬
clench + cooking fire

Your hands clench because of the cold, hoping the cooking fire heats them up.

alternatively: 扌 + 九 + 丶 + 灬 hand + nine + drop + cooking fire, You need to heat your hands over the fire, nine fingers are ok, but one is frozen solid.

yáng

Yang
阝 + 日
pinnacle + sun

Pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, yin-yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance.

The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang: in decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.

compare
匕bǐ + 匕bǐ
spoon + spoon

DLI 3-4

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