Free CML Blank Hanzi Worksheet

Free CML Blank Hanzi Worksheet

Free CML Blank Hanzi Worksheet

Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐 | Dear Dim Sum

Happy Christmas Everyone

Explanation of the Hanzi for Christmas Greetings from Dear Dim Sum.

Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐 | Dear Dim Sum

澳大利亚 àodàlìyà

Inspired by Dear Dim Sum's post about “Old Gold Mountain” I started thinking about hanzi for countries and cites. So I had a look at the hanzi for Australia.

澳

大

利

亚 

àodàlìyà

Pulling it apart

澳 ào means deep bay / cove / harbor. For a mnemonic I am thinking Botany Bay in Sydney, one of many deep harbours in Australia.

大 means dà big, great, vast, large, high. Second mnemonic the vast Simpson Desert.

利 lì means gains, advantage, profit, merit. Third mnemonic is that coal (and other raw materials) Australia sells to China for profit.

亚 yà means Asia; second. Final mnemonic is that geographically Australia is part of Asia. 

澳大利亚 àodàlìyà

人山人海

I just learned this idiomatic expression. It is one that I can and will remember instantly.

Breaking it down;

rén means people

人山 rén shān means mountain of people

人海 rén hǎi means sea of people

人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi means crowds.

Instant mnemonic. 

 

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苹果手机

Just found this post today from Dim Sum

The Apple iPhone 4s was announced a couple of weeks ago. iPhones are very popular in China.

The hanzi and words for the iPhone is;

苹果手机 Píng​guǒ​ shǒu​jī


Breaking it down it becomes

苹果 Apple Píng​guǒ

手 Hand shǒu

机 Machine  ​jī

Thinking of a direct translations in this case is how I can remember the word and the hanzi and never forget.  This to me is a ready made mnemonic.

I want to buy an Apple Hand Machine. 我喜欢买一台苹果毛机。

Thanks again to Dim Sum for the original posting.