the further the province is from Beijing, the fewer the eyes on them

top hat on a literate gentleman farmer

“Water, water everywhere…” and not a drop to drink in Shanghai

introvert with their hood up

drops of land between the streams OR a dotted line through a river on a map showing the border between states

house is nailed securely to keep it calm in a storm

Yangtze is a working river OR 3 Gorges Dam built of I-beams

insect that lives below the ocean surface

Home is where they keep their treasure, but the greatest treasure comes in the news that they will be welcoming a 宝贝 bǎobèi baby!

Dear Ancestors, I would like the full-belly and full-wallet kind of happiness this year.

mark boxes on a map with X’s indicating different regions

piglets floating in the water of the soup

gang in the south: drugs, hoods, money

ten fingers of your hands are the branches

What good fortune! Found ¥ buried under the soil.

picture of an orchid with two unopened blooms at top and three flowers below

picture a pile of goods that an average family eats in a year

just need fire and a few tools OR just high fire for a few minutes

you grow a goatee at the lake

transformed into something splendid by multiplying by ten or shooting up or accepting the cross

it's not water in the whiskey bottle

greedy man: one mouth eats the whole field; derived from 富 fù wealthy

magic wand hovering above the floor

magic wand hovering below the ceiling

 Brigham Young, first governor of Utah, puts his stick in the soil and declares the Salt Lake Valley as “the place” for settlement.

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the two bright things in the sky

large person grows and grows until his head reaches the ceiling and then the heavens

a drop of sunshine: white light

Japanese call age 99 your "white year" because 99(白)=100-1(百-一)

hair turns white at 100

empty whiskey bottle on the streets of the Wild West

The Bible starts with the creation story: “In the beginning…” and tells of the first two humans, Adam and Eve.

the Chinese bind up big numbers at 10,000

ten thousand directions on a compass, moves by a drop

“I think I can, I think I can” Little Engine spitting nails

your nose is the drop between your eyes; Chinese people refer to themselves by pointing at their nose

fathers disguised as top hats mingling at a party

males are more field power

fruit orchard: a field of trees OR 日+木 sun + tree, need sun to ripen the fruit on the trees

woman with her child is good

you possess the body parts by your side  

Despicable Me villain wants to possess the moon

John Swigert Jr. was one of the astronauts on the Apollo 13 moon mission.

outside in the evening can be magic

poster in the Wild West “Wanted: Women” OR Western women want it all: family, career, etc.

face-to-face interview: a hundred eyeballs on you OR 面 also means "noodles": picture a hundred eyeballs tossed in your noodles

picture of a fish

fish while tending fields (which in many parts of China were traditionally divided by water), a fish on the floor of a boat

every mother needs a nap

primitive sundial: holding up your thumb to see its shadow

This is a tall man costume with someone on someone else’s shoulders. The guy on top wears a top hat to make him even taller. The guy on the bottom wears a hood to cover his face.

hang your book bag on the coat tree

the capital is where the little people go to talk to the top hats

"We honor the memory of our spiritual leader Sì, who was the first to have a vision of this temple that we will build in his honor. He used his thumb to make many small models of the temple out of soil during his meditation exercises." (Buddhist Temple)

whole grains in your mouth = (digestive) harmony OR when grain fills the mouths of the populations, there is harmony

exit through a pass between two mountains

two stripes of clouds over a monument OR alternatively: one + Great Wall, pollution cloud over the Great Wall

two hairs coming off the head of a large dog

a frozen bust of a large dog

a large person with two arrows pointing at her head

country’s wealth (jade) is enclosed, crown jewels protected

in pastoral societies, nothing is more beautiful than a large sheep

Little Red utilizes her hood every day when she is picking bouquets.

fortune teller looks into cooking fire, then looks away and sees spots: uses these to tell your fortune (Macbeth)

small vehicle of the east is a rickshaw

take a small thing and slash it into a few

"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)

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

scorpion lives in the ground

woman squeezes with fist and gets milk

add muscle to what your mouth says OR you add muscle to the story (exaggerate) with your mouth

using right hand to herd chickens back into their yard OR holding a chicken drumstick in your right hand

package wrapped in snakeskin

a thousand tongues wagging OR a picture of a tied tongue

human leading a cow from behind, cow comes first

cow with human legs: that's a first!

at the mouth of the monument, they’ve set up a stage

standing person transforms into a sitting person, maybe in a magic show, *stroke crosses through

slice out of trunk becomes a notebook

public bus #8 goes to the monument

"Adam and Eve were enclosed for a while in a garden, Eden, where they thought they had everything they needed." (Bible Series)

a wooden windmill machine

"Little Steamboat that Could" chugging up the river

microphone amplifies the words of your tongue

a primitive store where you pay someone to get your fortune read

burnt computer is black

wash with water first, then eat

a goddess moves the clouds with her muscles

"Buy tickets to a Wild West show featuring a shotgun wedding at the altar of the town church." (Wild West)

To the west of the altar is where they sell tickets to tour the cathedral.

a lightning bolt is like a streak of electricity from the sun OR picture of a kite

you’re on the hook—you’re the one mouth in charge

What’s that thingy on a cow’s tail? It's like a frayed knot.

two people back-to-back trying to stay warm in the north

ancient moon with a goatee

bad dream: show up at the market with only a top hat and towel

if you leave a walking stick out in the sun, it gets old

you have faith in your persona’s speech

a woman at peace when she is the only one at home

open area, piglets rooting around OR this is the actual site of Charlotte’s famous webs

Chick-Fil-A cow declaring “Eat more chikin” OR cow saying: ”I do declare”