This English version was translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The Chinese text is authoritative.
Chinese characters are the script that has been in continuous use for the longest time to date and has been handed down unbroken to the present. Characters sharing the same side component or the same sound are by no means few. What happens if you “offend” them?
01
Host: Name four different characters with the same side component.
Ordinary youth: 江河湖海.
Arty youth: 琴瑟琵琶.
Goofball youth: 哼嗬哈嘿.
Chemical-engineering youth: 烷烯炔烃.
02
Follow-up: five characters? Everyone else falls silent.
Chemical-engineering youth: 钾钙钠镁铝.
Asked with tears in the eyes: six characters?
Chemical-engineering youth: 氦氖氩氪氙氡.
(pushing up his glasses) Let me recite the lanthanides and actinides for everyone: 镧铈镨钕钷钐铕钆铽镝钬铒铥镱镥.
Seeing the chemical-engineering youth steal the show, the pharmacy youth refused to be outdone.
Pharmacy youth: 吡啶嘧啶哌啶噻吩噻唑噻啶恶唑呤喹啉卟啉咕啉, 苯苄蒽芘萜莰, 酸醛醚酯酚醇.
Looking at this pile of gibberish, the medical youth calmly made his move.
Medical youth: All I know is what I saw today as a medical student:
腓肠肌腱膜和结缔组织纤维, 脑胸膜肺肝胆胰脾膀胱腓肠肌.
Fake medical youth: 玩玻璃球 (playing with glass marbles), 肿胀 (swelling), 疼痛 (pain), 没法洗澡 (can’t take a bath)… slapping the table and laughing wildly
03
And so began the stage of a hundred schools contending.
Mechanical-engineering youth: 钳铣镗锪钻锯.
The automotive major said: 轴辋轮辐轩辕.
Shipbuilding youth: 舡舢舣舨舰舫般舭舯舱舳舴舵舶舷舸船舻舾艄艇艉艋艏艘艚艟.
Textile youth: 绒绸纶纸绉缝纫绞绛绘绗绖绝绚绕络绔纤维缄缂缓缑缔缏编缆缕缅缌缒缃缐缈缗缇纱线绠继绢
绥绦绨绤绡绣结缎纹绻绮绵缵绺绫绩绲纺绷绱绳绶绬缠缞缚缟缙缛缢缜缣缍绹缁缀绽综绾经纬组织！
Geology youth: 硫硅砂矿.
Environmental-science youth: 淋洗渗滤污泥池.
Metallurgy youth: 铂铑钯锇铱钌…
Forestry youth: 林林植树种柳树杨树桦树枫树松树榕树柏树橡树樟树椰.
The biology youth said: 鳾鸱鴞鹨鶹鸺鸲鶺鴒鸫鵐鳽鴴鸨鹇鹎鸏鹗鵎鵼鹪鹩鶲.
Sushi chef: 鲔鲑鱿鲹鲸鲙鳝鳗鲨鮨鮓鲭鲷鲣鲫鲂鲥鲤.
Biology youth: 虾蟹蛇蛹蝉蛎虭虰蛐蝇蝎蝽蚯蚓蟑螂蜻蜓蜈蚣蚂蚁蛞蝓.
04
The fish, shrimp and shellfish drew in the foodie youths.
Foodie youth A: 馅饼馄饨.
Foodie youth B: No pressure at all for a foodie: 炒炖炸烤煸焖烩 (stir-fry, stew, deep-fry, roast, sauté, braise, simmer).
The vegetarian youth complained: How come nobody mentions 葡萄草莓菠萝芭蕉荸荠莴苣蒜薹蘑菇茉莉芍药芙蓉苜蓿芦苇薄荷菖蒲茱萸? Does nobody like eating fruit and vegetables, or care for flowers and plants?
Then the Wudang and Shaolin youths appeared,
Wudang youth: 打推捻搂扎捶拗抛抓护擒捉插抹擂拦扫托掩摆按挺挑.
Monastic youth: 喇嘛唠叨唵吗呢叭咪吽…
Of course, where there are those who leave the world, there are those who plunge into it…
The Taobao-shopper youth said: 折扣拼抢拍.
The history youth’s ultimate move: 禔礽祉禛禶祺祚佑祀禟禌祹祥禵禨禑禄礼祄禝祎禧祜祁禐.
Hearing this, the dust-covered archaeology youth in the corner gave a faint smile:
玌玏玎玑玐玙玛玒玓玔玕玖玗玘玚玥珁玬玮玞玣玠玡玢玤玦玧珏玩玪玭环玝玜玟玸珐玾玴玵珃珋珀玶玿玲玳
玷玹玻玽珂珄珅珇珈珉珊珌珍珎珏珑珆珱珰珒珚珡珤珜珨玼珔珓珕珖珗珘珟珙珛珝珞珠珢珣珥珦珧珩珪珫珯.
The law youth joined in too: 诉讼讣讨议论讹诈讥讽许诺诏诚诡讲话诘讯诵读诽谤谩诰…
Law youth: 劓剕割刺剐刎刑.
The Chinese-major youth refused to be outdone.
Chinese-major youth: Have you ever heard of 达道远近通逍遥, 客宦寄寓穷家, 寒窗寂寞?
Arty youth A: 江河湖海浪淘沙波涛汹涌.
Arty youth B: 汀浦滨滩潮漫浒洲渚沉浮.
The arty youths stunned the whole room at once.
Then the educated youth suddenly struck: 漂泊江湖流浪汉, 伺候仙佛伶仃僧, 寂寞寒窗空守寡, 苍蒿茕墓莫落荒.
Finally, the plain-spoken youth said: 俺信任你们 (I trust you all).
05
Just when everyone thought it was all over, little did they know that another small climax was beginning.
Homebody youth: 囯囹囸囻図四囡囦困圊囝因圉囨团回団园围困囤囬囦囮囧囵囫囥囲囩囷囶图囼囿圀圃圄圂圆圁圅圊圉国囵圈圌圐圞圙圂.
Cantonese youth: 嗰啲嘢啫喱嚟噶咋吓哇…
Meteorology youth: 雷霆霈霖霜雪霁, 霞雯雾霭露霾震.
The gastroenterologist said: 痔疮痢疾.
The neurologist said: 癫痫瘫痪.
The dermatologist said: 痤疮瘢痕疱疹痣痈疖疤癣, no pressure at all.
The cutesy youth declared: 喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵喵…
Having read this, are you convinced? If you can think of other fun characters sharing a side component, leave a comment and share them with everyone~
