Stories

Making Chinese characters memorable

将

"[Gee, on g]ood days, the <KING> <will> sleep til DUSK, when the MOON comes out. That INCH-long SPLINTER must be bothering him." said Connor.
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遇

"I wish [you] could've seen it!" John tells Megan after <encounter>ing one of the LEGENDARY MONKEYs on his WALK.
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體

Sorry to interrupt [tea] time, but *scoop* that BEAN off the floor before someone slips and BENDs their <body> in a weird way or even breaks a BONE.
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啫

The PERSON OPENs their MOUTH and just <INTERJECTS> "[Zhe]..." in a *down and up* tone.
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糟

Mr. CAO's RICE cake's <RUINED> from being out in the SUN. The ki[ds ou]tside refuse it. "It's as dry as GRASS," says Julia, BENDing it.
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曹

Charlie BENT and broke the GRASS to show how dehydrating the SUN is when i[t's ou]t.
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夢

In John's <dream>, he eats TWENTY [mung] bean cakes at DUSK, his EYEs bigger than his stomach.
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梦

In my <dream>, we sit *down* in the WOODS at DUSK and eat [mung] bean cakes.
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尾

When our FURry-<tail>ed dog dies, Anne asks if we can bury her CORPSE in the backyard, so we can feel she's not far a[way].
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鏡

John spent MONEY on a new <LENS> and <mirror> for the lighthouse after they broke UNEXPECTEDLY in a ra[ging] storm.
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竟

Mom and Dad hear the SOUND of keys [jing]ling. Their SON John's arrived <unexpectedly>!
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蛇

I see the <serpent> and jump *up* but then remember IT's not vi[ciou]s. IT only eats INSECTS.
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