'Yǒu qián' literally means 'to have money' and f

'Yǒu kòng' literally combines 'yǒu' (to have) a

'有用' (yǒu yòng) literally combines '有' (yǒu)

‘明白了’ (míng bai le) is a common verbal phras

'Zǒu le' literally combines the verb 'zǒu' (to g

'Hǎo le' is a versatile, commonly used phrase tha

'Bù kè qì' is a polite, standard response to 'x

‘不用’ (bù yòng) literally combines ‘not’ (

'不要' (bù yào) is a two-character verb phrase m

不对 (bù duì) literally combines 不 (bù), meani

'在场' literally means 'at the scene' or 'on the s

'Zài xià' is a classical, highly humble first-pe

'Zài jiā' literally combines the preposition 'z

'Yì qǐ' literally combines 'yì' (one) and 'qǐ'

‘一样’ (yí yàng) literally combines ‘一’ (y

'妈妈的' (mā ma de) is a possessive noun phrase m

我的 (wǒ de) is a possessive pronoun meaning 'my'

Its radical means 'hollow,' yet 凸 depicts somethi

Born from ‘ice’ + ‘hesitation’, 凝 freezes not

Its ancient form shows a pig trapped under a suffo

Born from ancient divination cracks in turtle shel

Originally 'a person adding a fake tail,' 伪 evolv

This 'tired' character hides a coiled spring: its

This 'stubborn' character hides a mountain-rising

This 'capture' character hides a baby in its right

Though it looks like it contains ‘sun’ (日), the

Looks like a person (亻) trapped in a looping, sel

Though it looks like a simple 'person watching,'

This 'leaning over' character began as a kneeling

Born as a roadside rest stop for imperial messenge

Its three strokes began as a kneeling, defeated pe

Born from ancient breath symbols, this 3-stroke ch

This seven-stroke character began as jade discs st

It’s the only Chinese zodiac animal whose charact

This 'sudden' character has a horse at its heart

This character began as a steaming rice pot under

Though it looks like 'non-report', 靠 is actually

Originally a pictograph of sprouting life under he

Originally carved into temple stairs for ritual as

This character doesn’t mean 'six' — that’s a wi