約翰·厄普代克

John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

Characters and words in 約翰·厄普代克

to weigh in a balance or on a scale
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise

= + : Marilyn Monroe is on a date with a silk worm in front of the elevator. Marilyn wants to show the silk worm around, and so she carries him around on a little silver spoon.
John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
surname Han

= + + + : Hamlet (h) and Neanderthal Man (人) are taking part in a calligraphy competition in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Each of them has exactly one minute to write a Chinese character, with the minute being measured by an alarm clock (早). Hamlet has a big advantage though: he might use a proper writing brush (翰) while Neanderthal Man only has an ordinary feather (羽). As Neanderthal Man notices he is going to loose he is so angry that he crushes the alarm clock with a huge cross (十).
writing brush / writing / pen

= + + + : Hamlet (h) and Neanderthal Man (人) are taking part in a calligraphy competition in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Each of them has exactly one minute to write a Chinese character, with the minute being measured by an alarm clock (早). Hamlet has a big advantage though: he might use a proper writing brush (翰) while Neanderthal Man only has an ordinary feather (羽). As Neanderthal Man notices he is going to loose he is so angry that he crushes the alarm clock with a huge cross (十).
distressed

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
variant of 厄[e4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
general / popular / everywhere / universal

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 斯普特尼克, Sputnik the satellite.

Petra Penguin is really angry at the sun for heating up earth's poles. In the space station she tries to kill the sun with a combine harvester, but the sun defends itself by flinging Sputnik replicas at Petra.
to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to practice her archery skills in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). On the other side Don Quixote (d) is standing, but they don't have an apple, so they substitute the apple with a token (代, 代币). Don Quixote is trembling heavily as Rosa lifts her bow (弋) and prepares to shoot down the token from Don's head.
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a straitjacket

= + : Karl Marx and Sun Wukong both tried to change the world. After they both failed, they went crazy, and now they have to retreat into a cloister in the elevator's bathroom wearing straitjackets.
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
variant of 克[ke4] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
variant of 剋|克[ke4]

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