阝攵 Wedding Planner

These are the characters in this series. To see them put together in a story, click on the image above to access the pdf. Then review and quiz yourself at the bottom.

block [v.]
阝 + 且
pinnacle + shelves

The pinnacle decor item for blocking ugly views: the shelf—it can be decorated!

jiù

rescue
求qiú + 攵
request + taskmaster

It is my request, taskmaster, that you rescue my daughter from herself. (Wedding Planner)

zhuì

plunge [v.]
队duì + 土
team + soil

You go down with the team (plunge into the soil).

nèn

tender
女 + 束 + 攵
woman + bundle + taskmaster

At this tender age, it is better for a taskmaster to provide the whole bundle. Too many decisions for you to make.

Mother: I’m grateful I attended cotillion, a class where a woman learns a bundle of feminine social skills from a taskmaster at a tender age. / Daughter: I’m afraid I appeared tender when my taskmaster bundled on new assignments, and I winced.

táo

pottery
阝 + 匋táo
pinnacle + lidded clay pot

The pinnacle of Mr. Tao's pottery is his lidded clay pot.

"The signature pottery of Pinnacle Weddings is the lidded clay pot into which guests can put their monetary gifts." (Wedding Planner)

yǐn

hidden
阝 + 急jí
pinnacle + anxious

A veil is the pinnacle tool for hiding your anxiety.

occasion [n.]
阝 + 示
pinnacle + altar

Coming to the altar is the pinnacle occasion of your life. (Wedding Planner)

separate [v.]
阝 + 鬲gé
pinnacle + pressure cooker

Both separation and quarantining together are the pinnacle pressure cookers for relationships.

The pinnacle appliance to start your new separate household is a pressure cooker.

zhèn

battle formation
阝 + 车
pinnacle + vehicle

Picture a vehicle at the pinnacle of a battle formation.

Think of it this way: the wedding vehicle is the pinnacle of a battle formation. Let’s make it the right vehicle.

mǐn

sensitive
每měi + 攵
every + taskmaster

Everytaskmaster must be sensitive to a bride’s true needs (not just what she says she wants).

suì

tunnel [n.]
阝 + 遂suì
pinnacle + satisfy

The pinnacle of satisfaction for the groom is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, when you are on the road to Hawaii. (picture a luau with a roasted horned pig)

jìng

revere
艹 + 句jù + 攵
flowers + sentence + taskmaster

What does a wedding taskmaster revere? Perfect flowers, perfect sentences.

land [n.]
阝fù + 击
pinnacle + beat

The pinnacle "achievement" of colonization was beating the land into submission.

alternatively: pinnacle + bouquet + pit, Bouquet compost is our our pinnacle contribution to reclaiming the land.

liǎn

restrain
佥qiān + 攵
barn + taskmaster

I will restrain her from mentioning the barn idea again. We leave everything to you, taskmaster.

beat [v.]
1 + 凵
bouquet + pit

At the end of the night, all bouquets will be tossed in a pit and be beaten until they are ready for the compost.

enemy
舌 + 攵
tongue + taskmaster

You deserve a tongue-lashing! She is not your enemy!

chè

remove
扌 + 育 + 攵
hand + education + taskmaster

I will remove myself from the planning and hand over her education on the subject of weddings to you, the taskmaster.

yīn

Yin
阝 + 月
pinnacle + moon

Pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, Yin-Yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance.

The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang: in decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.

*pinnacle

as a component on the left side of the character; “左耳旁”

wēi

tiny
彳 + 山 + 一 + 几 + 攵
queue + mountain + one/ceiling + wind + taskmaster

Hunger Games: the tiny people queue up for a chance to feel the mountain wind but a taskmaster turns them away.

The tiny scene he is watching is put in motion by the wind. Tiny ants have lined up in a queue, and he is ordering them to march up a mountain of sand, but it is really the wind who is taskmaster, blowing them up and over the hill. (Hat in the Wind)

"Taskmaster has thought of everything! There will be a tiny display on top of the mountain of a wedding cake. Tiny figurines: the wedding queue (you, the groom and all your attendants) with a hidden fan that will blow one puff of wind every 15 seconds to rustle your tiny veil.” (Wedding Planner)

chuán

spread [v.]
亻 + 专zhuān
persona + specialty/corsage

You! Corsage person! Please spread the corsages around to the men wearing tuxes. (Wedding Planner)

jiàng

descend
阝 + 夂 + 㐄
pinnacle + walking legs + unicycle

You will begin your pinnacle descent by walking down to where the groom will meet you at the bottom on his unicycle. (Wedding Planner)

xiǎn

perilous
阝 + 佥qiān
pinnacle + barn

It is perilous to be on the pinnacle of the barn.

Your barn venue idea would be perilous to the reputation of Pinnacle Weddings.

suí

as you wish
阝 + 有 + 辶
pinnacle + possess + road

A groom’s pinnacle display of the ‘as you wish’ attitude toward the bride is allowing her to possess the road. She comes down the aisle, not him.

zhì

bring about
至zhì + 攵
until + taskmaster

Until the taskmaster says it, it will not be brought about.

méi

rose
王 + 攵
jewel + taskmaster

Beauty and the Beast: the jewel with the rose and the Beast as taskmaster OR The jewel of all flowers is the rose, fitting for our beloved taskmaster.

xiào

effect [n.]
交jiāo + 攵
mingle + taskmaster

To create the effect that you care about your guests, the taskmaster has ordered mingling after the speeches.

chǎng

spacious
尚shàng + 攵
esteem + taskmaster

Esteemed taskmaster, it looks like you have the spacious office you deserve.

fèng

proffer [v.]
𡗗 + 1
bonsai + bouquet

A bonsai tree and a bouquet are two perfect gifts to proffer the bridesmaids.

Traditionally, bridesmaids are proffered bouquets, but it sounds like you’d rather give them bonsai trees.

gǎn

brave [adj.]
ユ + 耳 + 攵
iron + ear + taskmaster

Be brave! Taskmaster is just going to iron the wrinkled ribbon by your ear.

péi

accompany
阝 + 咅pòu
pinnacle + comedian

At Pinnacle Weddings, we have a comedian on staff to accompany the children during the reception.

chén

exhibit [v.]
阝 + 东dōng
pinnacle + east/rickshaw

The pinnacle entrance to the ceremony will be Miss Chen exhibited on a rickshaw.

耳东陈

*taskmaster

as a component: “反文旁”

bài

fail
贝bèi + 攵
shells + taskmaster

She will not fail, she cannot fail, or there will be no shells for the taskmaster.

lóu

*bride
米 + 女
rice + woman

The bride is the woman who gets rice thrown on her.

lóu

multistory building
木 + 娄lóu
wood + bride

throwing rice on the bride from the second story of a wooden building

yōu

without haste
攸yōu + 心
senior taskmaster + heart

Our aging wedding taskmaster has approached love without haste but is finally gets married herself.

zhàng

barrier
阝 + 章zhāng
pinnacle + chapter

Pinnacle Weddings finds a certain chapter in the book “Owning Your Wedding” a barrier to success.

zhuān

specialty, *corsage
1 + 龴
bouquet + spear head

Our corsages have a special style, using a spear head for a fastener. Grooms love the manly look.

gǎi

alter
己 + 攵
snake + taskmaster

You alter the snake into a whip.

The snake (in the Garden of Eden) hopes to alter the human condition by becoming the taskmaster. (Bible Series)

To the taskmaster: "You snake! You altered the plan on us!" (Wedding Planner)

zhǎn

unfold
尸 + 龷 + A
flag + flower arrangement + kerchief

Unfold the flag, exhibit the flower arrangement on top and place the school pictures (wearing kerchiefs) below.

xiàn

limit [n./v.]
阝 + 艮
pinnacle + silver

Don't worry, at Pinnacle Weddings, we put a limit on the silver you will spend.

The price of silver reached its limit, the pinnacle, in the 1890’s.

The pinnacle for him was a silver medal, his limit.

zhěng

entire
束 + 攵 + 正zhèng
bundle + taskmaster + correct

As taskmaster, she provides the entire wedding bundle. She’ll even correct your posture.

gōng

attack [v.]
工gōng + 攵
I-beam + taskmaster

Isn’t she wonderful? The taskmaster attacks problems by just working harder.

jiē

stairs
阝 + 介jiè
pinnacle + introduce

At the pinnacle of the stairs is where we will introduce you to the crowd. (Wedding Planner)

jià

marry
女 + 家jiā
woman + house

The groom says "Hey, woman, you are coming home to my house tonight." (Wedding Planner)

Mother: I learned in Chinese tradition, a woman is married to another house. / Daughter: We got married, then bought a house.

lucky
士 + 口
soldier + mouth

The lucky soldier got a kiss on his way to war.

dūn

candid
享 + 攵
enjoy + taskmaster

I’ll be candid with you; we’ve had our moments, but we've enjoyed working together ever since we met in London.

zhuǎn/zhuàn

rotate
车 + 专zhuān
vehicle + specialty/corsage

(seen rotating her vehicle) “Rotate! Forgot the corsages!”

zhèng

politics
正zhèng + 攵
correct + taskmaster

Who to choose in politics? The correct taskmaster.

The taskmaster is simply correct, correct in her opinions, correct in her politics. (Wedding Planner)

fáng

ward off
阝 + 方fāng
pinnacle + direction

Pinnacle Security: they will ward off wedding crashers from all directions.

shabby, *shredder
冂 + 米mǐ + 攵
hood + rice + taskmaster

Picture a WWF dude named "The Shredder" who wears a hood, only eats rice and takes others to task! Not too shabby!

xiàn

get stuck
阝 + 臽xiàn
pinnacle + trap

The pinnacle of a trap's function is for the desired object to get stuck.

“'Pinnacle Weddings' or 'Pinnacle Trap'? I’m going to get stuck, I can tell.” (Wedding Planner)

dǒu

steep
阝+ 走zǒu
pinnacle + walk

The walk to the pinnacle is steep.

footpath
阝 + 百
pinnacle + hundred

If you take the footpath, it is a hundred steps to the pinnacle.

chink
阝 + 小 + 日 + 小
pinnacle + small + sun + small

The sun reveals small chinks above and below the Pinnacle Weddings sign. (Wedding Planner)

lòu

undesirable
阝 + "seat" + 丙
pinnacle + "seat" + third

"I heard the groom bought very undesirable third-class seats on the plane—the pinnacle of thoughtlessness." (Wedding Planner)

lóng

impressive
阝 + 夂 + 一 + 生
pinnacle + walking legs + floor/ceiling + life/seed

“Your impressive exit at the end of the evening will be the pinnacle: walking into your new life.” (Wedding Planner)

ài

pass [n]
阝 + 益yì
pinnacle + benefit

A navigable pass between two pinnacles is a great benefit to travelers.

The pinnaclebenefit to using her services is that you can pass through your important day without a worry.

méi

small objects
木 + 攵
wood + taskmaster

Taskmaster, where are the small wooden objects for the display?” (Wedding Planner)

herd
牛 + 攵pū
cow + taskmaster

Cows need a taskmaster when they are herded.

“You groomsmen are like a herd of cows. You need a taskmaster!” (Wedding Planner)

1

*bouquet
flowers modified

fàng

release [v.]
方fāng + 攵
compass + taskmaster

The taskmaster releases the doves to the four compass directions.

yáng

Yang
阝 + 日
pinnacle + sun

Pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, yin-yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance.

The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang: in decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.

shù

number [n.]
娄 + 攵
bride + taskmaster

The bride does not control the numbers, the taskmaster does.

*flower arrangement
艹 + 一
flowers + floor

Picture flowers on a base.

shōu

accept
丩jiū + 攵
horn + taskmaster

"(after being instructed to sound the horn to signal the bride’s entrance) 'I will accept this horn from the taskmaster and carry out my duties.'"(Wedding Planner)

lift up
兴 + 1
excitement + bouquet

"The excitement will build as you lift up the bouquet…" (Wedding Planner)

jiào

teach
孝xiào + 攵
filial piety + taskmaster

(Mother to her daughter) "You will be taught: filial piety to me and obedience to the taskmaster." (Wedding Planner)

duì

team
阝 + 人
pinnacle + person

A person can’t reach his pinnacle without a team.

At this pinnacle event, your people are your team.

times past
龷 + 日
flower arrangement + sun/day

"Sun-dried flower arrangements represent the glory of times past, a memory of this day forever on your shelf." (Wedding Planner)

bàn

half [n./adj.]
丷 + 1
“petals” + bouquet

Picture a bouquet split in half, so the petals are falling.

The flower girls will be given half-bouquets, that they will tear the petals from as they walk.

yuàn

Inst.
阝 + 完wán
pinnacle + finish

The Institute was the pinnacle of her studies, where she finished her PhD.

Your life as a single person will finish at ‘The Institution of Marriage.’ It is the pinnacle representation of law and order. Everything after that is just ceremony.

gòng

together
龷 + 八
flower arrangement + animal legs

Together forever anniversary gifts: a flower arrangement or a small pet.

The wedding favor that guests will take home is a little wedding mouse with a flower arrangement on its head with a tag that reads, ‘Together Forever’

attach
阝 + 付fù
pinnacle + pay

I’m attached to my job. The pinnacle for me is when I get paid.

sǎn

scattered
龷 + 月 + 攵
flower arrangement + body part + taskmaster

"The taskmaster has instructed everyone to scatter the flower arrangements on your body as you dance." (Wedding Planner)

deliberately
古gǔ + 攵
ancient + taskmaster

ancient taskmaster, Socrates, deliberately almost drowned Plato, "When your desire for knowledge is like your desire for air, you are ready to learn."

to the taskmaster: “You deliberately used an ancient playlist for the dance, so people would lose interest and go home early.” (Wedding Planner)

ā

ayi
阝 + 可
pinnacle + can

Our ayis (cleaning crew) all exhibit the pinnacle of can-do attitudes.

chú

eliminate
阝 + 余yú
pinnacle + excess

Don’t worry (about the growing price tag); at Pinnacle Weddings we eliminate the excess.

阝攵 Wedding Planner

Quiz

zhuǎn/zhuàn

rotate

lóu

multistory building

xiào

effect [n.]

fàng

release [v.]

gǎn

brave [adj.]

occasion [n.]

chuán

spread [v.]

yōu

without haste

méi

small objects

bàn

half [n./adj.]

zhuān

specialty, *corsage

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