Half-Kilogram
jīn
ji- Female
-(e)n
Outside the Entrance
厂 (Factory (Note the slightly curved first stroke))
一 (Razor Blade)
丨(Stick)

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020
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Kyle Griffin
Actor: Jenna (ji-)
Set: Outside the entrance of my best friENd's house
Props: Hard hat (厂), Razor Blade (一) and Stick (丨)
Jenna (my ji- actor) is out the front of my -en set and is walking like an old woman with a walking stick (but the walking stick is made up of a razor blade (一) and long stick (丨) - like how it is in the character) and a hard hat (厂) on her head.
For some reason, she randomly feels the need to compare the weight of her walking stick with her hard hat (you know how old minds are sometimes!).
So... she grabs her hard hat in her left hand and her walking stick in her right, and says, "Hmm... they feel really similar, I think they both weigh about HALF a KILOGRAM!".
She then thinks, "I mean, if they were any more than a HALF-KILOGRAM, I wouldn't be able to carry them (since she is old)!".
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Gavin Meakin
My ji- actress is outside the entrance of my -(e)n set. She is overseeing a robotic factory arm (厂) as it manufactures hacksaw blades (一). The blades are very heavy, and the robot arm starts to struggle under the weight of production, so she pulls out her Gandalf staff (丨) and casts a spell on the blades so they only weigh a HALF-KILOGRAM.
Philip Dong😄
Hi Luke / Phil.
In one of the Level 20 anki cards, 他{{c1::哪}}儿知道你不吃面包。the english translation on it says: How was he to know you don’t eat bread?
If, based on the english translation, should the sentence not read as:
他怎么知道你不吃面包。
Thanks!
Philip
Mandarin Blueprint
Hi Philip, this is just a different way of expressing the same meaning. Using 哪儿 instead of 怎么 is just more "snarky" perhaps? A little bit more sting.
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMSFkuNqNro&t=2058s