Character #335: 穴 xué
3 Lessons
Make a Movie 穴
KEYWORD:
Hole
Pinyin:
xué
Actor:
xu- World Leader
Set:
-e
Room within Set:
Hallway
Prop(s):
宀 Roof
八 Animal Legs -or- Eightball
Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020
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Della Fuller
Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the lobby of my "e" location, in response to a tragedy. People are milling about, but Arnold quickly ascertains that a section of the roof has come down and trapped a little goat, because the animal's legs are sticking out from under the debris. Arnold quickly takes control of the situation. He begins wielding a pick-axe in order to create a HOLE. He continues to work away at the debris, enlarging the HOLE little by little. Finally, a little face can be seen and Arnold is able to pull the baby goat out of the HOLE to thunderous applause and much media attention.
MB Team
Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86aqw4g8EOE&t=2994s
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Thomas Brand
I could swear both of the native speakers are using 4th tone on the Anki card for 穴. I had to come back to this lesson to make sure I hadn't used the wrong room in my -e set.
Mandarin Blueprint
Looks like you might need to update your Phase 4 Anki deck. We updated this a while ago, but perhaps you downloaded the deck before we did that: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/phase-4-graded-reading-levels-21-30/categories/3635675/posts/13315462.html
Evan hall
it seems i have the old desk as well. is there a way to replace the deck and not loose the card scheduling i already have in place? was this the only card that was wrong?
Mandarin Blueprint
It should not overwrite your progress, but rather merge with the cards you have. We've corrected a few cards with the most recent update.
John Nomura
In the kitchen of my e- set, imagine you have a level 6 六 cavity. You first remove the top hat (亠) and you have 八. Then then fill the cavity and put on a roof/crown (宀) and voila no more hole or cavity 穴