Character #306: 直 zhí
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Pick a Prop 直
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The Chinese have a phrase “As straight as a pen” to indicate that something is extremely straight with no curves whatsoever. Playing off this theme, think of a giant pen for this one.
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River Nixon
Mitch McConnell, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, or Sarah Palin come to mind :D
More seriously though, anyone from a straight edge band such as Chris Colohan (Cursed/SECT) or Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi).
or a straight edge razor...
Jesse Hord
Ruler/Yard Stick
Heath Campbell
A grave stone. The point where you go straight up or straight down.
Christopher Thompson
I think I'll go with a straight jacket, since it is something an actor in the scene could wear, and it would be visually memorable.
Georg Lohrer
The straight saw guide-rail by Festool (FS1400/2).
Together with the circular saw TS 55, one of my favourite tools :-)
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Kyman Huang
A level tool
Cameon Holt
A straight calligraphy pen (as opposed to an oblique calligraphy pen)
Jeremy Marie
I can picture this as some sort of mechanical level.
Clare M
Hair straighteners are an excellent idea for those of us addicted to frying our hair! 😆
Anne Giles 🤝
>The Chinese have a phrase “As straight as a pen” to indicate that something is extremely straight with no curves whatsoever.
If you care to share, I'd be curious to see that phrase in Chinese characters.
Mandarin Blueprint
It's not a phrase, just a word: 笔直 bǐzhí
Anne Giles 🤝
Thanks! I have patient teachers, open to my requests to them to improv sentences using a set of related characters. I asked for the final characters in Level 22 - 首 道 直 真 - with the added twist of using 笔直. She wasn't a fan of this one, but it helps me! Sharing in case of interest:
首先，这真的是一条笔直的道路。
Shǒuxiān, zhè zhēn de shì yītiáo bǐzhí de dàolù.
First of all, this is really a straight road.
Anne Giles 🤝
Woo-hoo! I asked her to add vocab unlocked 一直. Here we go!
首先，你真的可以沿着这条笔直的道路一直走。
Shǒuxiān, nǐ zhēn de kěyǐ yánzhe zhè tiáo bǐzhí de dàolù yīzhí zǒu.
First of all, you can really walk along this straight path.