Character #286: 能 néng
2 Lessons
Make a Movie 能
KEYWORD:
Ability
Pinyin:
néng
Actor:
n- Male
Set:
-(e)ng
Room within Set:
Hallway/Lobby or Kitchen
Prop(s):
厶 (Elbow)
月 (Moon)
匕，匕 (Two Ladles)
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Rick Angleland
Neale de Grasse Tyson showing off his ability to play the spoons, elbows bent, while the moon shines down (at the entry of my eng location) and is reflected in the spoons.
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NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (n-)
in CAFETERIA (kitchen) of my -ENG set with
POPEYE (厶) and
MAC TONIGHT (月, an anthropomorphic crescent moon from old McDonald's commercials)
The three are having a talent contest challenge to show what they can do with TWO LADLES. Neil (a noted amateur magician) has the ABILITY to make them disappear; Popeye has the ABILITY to juggle them, by blowing them out of the bowl of his pipe; Mac uses them in his ABILITY to play xylophone.MB Team
This is where Luke & Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0J-OWFGrM&t=1732s
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Nick
n- actor (my martial arts instructor) in my mum's kitchen.
He says his blackbelt gives him the ABILITY to mince MEAT with just two SPOONs.
I call him out, saying he is not ABLE,
He rips off his clothes revealing his left arm is a huge FLEXED YELLOW EMOJI ARM.
He shows me his ABILITY and I have no choice but to concede the point.
Luke Eberhard
Ned Kelly is in the Kitchen of an English Household, effectively demonstrating his ABILITY to cook up a mean Wombat Stew. He usies his MUSCULAR ARM(s) to handle the ingredients while he's enjoying the MOONLIGHT COMING through the window. Once the stew is down, Ned places the pot on the table while handing out TWO CHINESE SOUP SPOONS to the two guests at the table. They both approve Ned's ABILTY has surpassed their expectations.
John Nomura
My n- actor, known for his ABILITY (能) to do the moon (月) walk while balancing a ladle (匕) on each elbow (厶),, enters the kitchen of my (e)ng- set.
Dima Karanda
I noticed that with the new update of the website when we learn a new word, we can't see if this word can be used by it self or not. It would be really nice if users could see this. Thank you.
Mandarin Blueprint
You'll see this when you get to the "Vocab in Context" section of the current level. If it can be used by itself, it will have its own lesson, i.e., "能 in Context."
Jonathan Glazier
Noel Edmonds practising for celebrity Bake off in the kitchen of my -eng set. He is using his big muscle-bound arm (TopLeft)) to mix a cake mixture with a ladle (TR) he is making moon (BL) cakes. I pick up a second ladle (BR) and offer to help. He goes nuts saying, I am questioning his ABILITY (keyword) as a baker, and he flings the cake mixture all over me.