雹 - Bao2 - Hail

贅 - Zhui4 - Superfluous

贅婿 - Zhui4 Xu4 - Superfluous Son-in-Law — Son-in-law Who Lives At Wife’s Parent’s House

魎 - Liang3 - Sprite, Fairy

毆 - Ou1 - Brawl, Beat

毆打 - Ou1 Da3 - Beat Hit — Beat Up

橄 - Gan3 - Olive

橄欖 - Gan3 Lan3 - Olive

橄欖球 - Gan3 Lan3 Qiu2 - Football

醋 - Cu4 - Vinegar

糖醋 - Tang2 Cu4 - Sugar Vinegar — Sweet and Sour

吃醋 - Chi1 Cu4 - Eat Vinegar — Jealousy

撬 - Qiao4 - Lift, Open, Pick

撬鎖 - Qiao4 Suo3 - Pick Lock

Big Thanksgiving accomplishment: I taught my four year old nephew how to pick a small lock with a paperclip. I can only hope that this sets him on an inexorable path to a life of crime.

疤 - Ba1 - Scar

疤痕 - Ba1 Hen2 - Scar

萎 - Wei3 - Wither

琮 - Cong2 - Cong

Pictures of these strange artifacts

釁 - Xin4 - Offer Blood In Sacrifice

No blood sacrifice was needed today, just a preorder slip!

擤 - Xing3 - Blow Nose

Strange that there’s a word just for this.

蠶 - Can2 - Silkworm

固 - Gu4 - Hard, Strong, Solid, Sure

固件 - Gu4 Jian4 - Solid Piece — Firmware (see also)

固執 - Gu4 Zhi2 - Persistent, Stubborn

呃 - E4 - Hiccup

宇 - Yu3 - Universe, Space

宇宙 - Yu3 Zhou4 - Universe

Today Jenny announced that she hates the universe! Naturally, I found this a shocking statement and resolved to “blog” it.

匈 - Xiong1 - Hungary

匈牙利 - Xiong1 Ya2 Li4 - Hungary

Hungary is a country where they make weird movies.

穿 - Chuan1 - Bore Through, Pierce, Perforate, Penetrate, Pass Through, Dress, Wear, Put On

穿洞 - Chuan1 Dong4 - Pierce Hole - Pierce

Sharena wants to get her tongue pierced. Or so she claims.

敢 - Gan3 - Dare

你敢不敢？ - Ni3 Gan3 Bu4 Gan3? - Do you dare?

唇 - Chun2 - Lip

嘴唇 - Zui3 Chun2 - Mouth Lip — Lip

上唇 - Shang4 Chun2 - Upper Lip

下唇 - Xia4 Chun2 - Lower Lip

筏 - Fa2 - Raft

Pumice Raft! New Island!

Dear Lazyweb: Is there available, on planet Earth, REALLY good C++ training? Price and location are no object (within reason). A week duration would be perfect. I’m looking for something that can put me on the road from a 1990’s era, middle-grade, procedural with dashes of OO, STL-barely-grokking, late night double-free-debugging, C++ job-get-doner to a 21st century, meta-template slinging, smart pointer using, TR1 breathing, C++ madman who can turn on a dime from modern OO to generic to functional programming as the mood hits me. My ultimate end goal would be to be able to open up the source code to a random Boost library and not immediately doubt that I’m even looking at C++.

Possibly related: did you ever notice that Scott Meyers looks exactly like The Ultimate Warrior?

謾 - Man4 - Disrespect

謾罵 - Man4 Ma4 - Disrespect Scold — Vituperation

弊 - Bi4 - Detriment, Fraud, Harm, Defeat

作弊 - Zuo4 Bi4 - Make Fraud — Cheat

息 - Xi1 - News, Interest, Breath, Rest

休息 - Xiu1 Xi5 - Rest

代表性狀態傳輸網路服務 - Dai4 Biao3 Xing4 Zhuang4 Tai4 Chuan2 Shu1 Wang3 Lu4 Fu2 Wu4 - Represent Nature State Transmission Network Service — REST Web Services

洛 - Luo4 - (a surname)

摩洛哥 - Mo2 Luo4 Ge1 - Morocco

Zerza: BIG GOOD! Top 5 restaurants of 2006! Don’t miss the beef short ribs (with prunes?!?!), any of the cous cous, or the mint tea.

蕃 - Fan2 - Flourishing, Reproduce

蕃茄 - Fan1 Qie2 - Tomato

墨西哥茄果 - Mo4 Xi1 Ge1 Qie2 Guo3 - Mexican Tomato Fruit — Tomatillo

Tomatillo + Shrimp + Scallion + Cilantro = CRAZY DELICIOUS

嘆 - Tan4 - To Sigh

荒 - Huang1 - Out Of Practice, Wild, Uncultivated

惑 - Huo4 - Confuse

蠱惑 - Gu3 Huo4 - Insane Confuse — Bewitch, Enchant

迷惑 - Mi2 Huo4 - Lost Confuse — Puzzle, Baffle

誘惑 - You4 Huo4 - Tempt Confuse — Entice