rituals at the funeral, tossing soil on top of the coffin decorated with horns and a kerchief

Mother: For the banquet tonight, it took me all day to prepare the house. / Daughter: For the banquet, I want to make sure we get plenty of sunlight in the house for the lifestyle photo shoot.

filling gets trapped in the rib cage of the stuffed bird

A spear is used when running and a fishing spear is used standing. Picture it being bestowed on the next generation.

To be continued…leaves you hanging by a thread to sell more books.

See his broad shoulders and feet at attention.

as a component: “士字旁”

The counter attack in the microphone dispute was peppery hot.

A boomerang is a weapon thrown with the hand that flies like the wind and comes back again.

As a component: “殳字旁”

scene in the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings where the marsh is summoning

‘Cause of marriage a woman becomes part of in-law relationships.

Women are the cause of marriage. They want the stability of one man to help care for them and their children during child-rearing (and if the in-laws help, too, great!)

wait in line with your writing brush to take the bar exam

mark off every acre in the field with a top hat

lies through a microphone create a moral wasteland

use a metal ladle to go fishing

use your eye in the sight of a gun to aim at the seedling of a weed

Mr. Cui hunts wild turkeys in the mountains.

hand releases the fist to throw something away

a hamster in a cage

Trumpeter Wu has a day of amusement planned with his woman.