桌子 (zhuō zi) is a common noun meaning 'table'

下车 (xià chē) literally means 'down + vehicle'

'下面' (xià miàn) literally combines '下' (xià)

能源 (néng yuán) literally combines 能 (néng),

工厂 (gōng chǎng) literally combines 工 (gōng),

工程师 (gōng chéng shī) literally means 'work-p

工业 (gōng yè) means 'industry' — referring to

'Social' in Chinese is formed by two characters:

A duì lián is a traditional Chinese poetic form

'下来' (xià lái) is a directional complement mea

‘上来’ (shàng lái) is a directional verb compo

‘他乡’ literally means ‘other’s hometown’ —

我国 literally means 'I country' — combining 我 (

国际 (guó jì) literally means 'nation-to-nation'

强国 literally means 'strong country' — combining

国籍 (guó jí) literally combines 国 (guó), mean

‘外国’ literally means ‘outside country’ — co

‘Zǔguó’ (祖国) literally combines ‘zǔ’ (祖)

‘国家’ (guó jiā) literally combines ‘国’ (gu

'Shànglóu' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

大海 (dà hǎi) literally means 'big sea' and refe

‘大学’ (dà xué) literally means ‘great learni

'dāngzhōng' literally combines 'dāng' (meaning

中文 (Zhōngwén) literally means 'middle kingdom

中心 (zhōngxīn) literally combines 中 (zhōng),

'Zhōngxué' literally combines 'zhōng' (middle)

‘Zhōngguó’ literally means ‘Middle Kingdom’

这儿 (zhèr) is a colloquial, contracted form of

这边 (zhè biān) literally combines 这 (zhè, 'th

‘中国人’ literally means ‘person of China’ and

'有名' (yǒu míng) literally means 'has reputatio

在内 is a prepositional phrase meaning 'inside' or

'Zài jiā' literally combines the preposition 'z

'学校的' is a possessive phrase meaning 'school's'

This five-stroke character looks like a person hol

A ‘ghost’ (鬼) fused with ‘not yet’ (未) — cr

Its 16 strokes trace a graceful exit — not panic,

Looks like grass over a spreading hand — born to

Born as a pictograph of a lid on a vessel, 盖 now