阿Q正傳

The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]

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abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 阿姨 (a1yi2), "auntie"

= + : Auntie, Albert Einstein and the Pope are having a contest in front of the ashram: Who can sit longer on a bed of nails? The Pope secretly calls God's power and just hovers a little over the bed of nails. Albert Einstein calculates exactly how he has to place his body to not excert too much force on any body part. Auntie just sits down on the bed of nails, and wins in the end.
flatter
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]
Q
q
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
first month of the lunar year
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.
main subject of long novel / true biography
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg volunteered to take part in an experiment conducted by the scientist just inside of the anthill. The scientist wants to find out how fast a chickenpox infection will be transmitted from Chantal Chicken to Rosa Luxemburg.
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

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