Stories

Making Chinese characters memorable

定

Near Megan's STOP, she [ding]s the bell. Climbing down from the ROOF is so difficult, she <decide>s never to sit there again.
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床

I climb *up* into the WIDE WOODen <bed> and [chew on g]ooey taffy.
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輪

To give your VEHICLE's <wheel>s a check-*up* every [lun]ar month is LOGICAL, not [loon]ey!
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侖

I try to GATHER *up* the TWENTY [loo]ns in my ARMs but quickly realize that's [loo]ney. It'd be more <LOGICAL> to take them one at a time.
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錯

MONEY for the FORMER presiden[t's wa]ll would come from Mexico, he <mistake>nly claimed. That never happened, explained Megan.
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昔

<formerly>, TWENTY days ago, Julia didn't know who [she] was. Now they're BFFs.
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禮

In the <ceremony>, you'll *scoop* up and carry an old BENT BOX of BEANS. It's good <ETIQUETTE> to wear fril[ly] clothes. (礻 resembles 衤 "clothes").
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骨

The football player's bone was broken a month ago. (The top half of the character looks like a helmet and shoulder pads).
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曲

This CONTAINER's <bent> from carrying so much WELL water *across* the field. [Choo]se another.
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頭

From my <head> *springs* a one-PAGE story of a pin[to] BEAN plant that grows *up* to the sky.
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還

Charlie WALKs up the ICEy mountain, EYEs & MOUTH wide with wonder at its [heigh]t. Doesn't know [who an]y past climbers are or if they <still> RETURN.
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記

"[Gee], look HOW MANY WORDS I need to <remember> if I don't want my grade to go *down*! " I say, looking *down* at my flash cards.
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