辛集

辛

xi̅n

集

jí

Xinji, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei

Characters and words in 辛集

辛

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

surname Xin

辛 = 十 + 立 : Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for the winter by making kimchi (辛) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She is drying the vegetables by hanging them on crosses (十) and puts the finished kimchi into vases (立). She has been working very hard (辛) and in the end the filled eight (辛) vases with pungent hot (辛) kimchi.

辛

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa

集

jí = ji + Ø2

to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

集 = 木 + 隹 : The eight most important sparrows (隹) in the world hold a very exclusive gatherig just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Joan of Arc (ji) also wants to join, so she pretends to be a sparrow and sits atop the Christmas tree (木) like the other sparrows.