Microstories 微故事 0015：Festoon 挂满

挂满

有点儿乱，但是你装点的方式让我的生活挂满了希望。

Word List

装 zhuāng install, load, pack, dress up, pretend
装点 zhuāngdiǎn decorate, adorn
挂 guà hang, suspend, put up, hang on, hang from, display, make a phone call, register (a number, a name), be concerned about, keep in mind
挂满 guàmǎn festoon, hang full of, be covered with hanging things

Festoon

A bit chaotic, your decorating style festoons my life with hope.

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Microstories 微故事 are short works written at the intermediate level in two versions, one in Simplified Chinese characters and one in English. Microstories 微故事 are written by Anne 安妮 Giles and edited by 侯慧颖 Hóu Huìyǐng “Mary.”

Some words are repeated in the stories in hopes of offering language learners the 3 to 17 exposures (number of times a learner encounters a word in different contexts) that may be needed to learn a new word.

Microstories 微故事 may serve as short reading and discussion texts for busy adult language learners of Simplified Chinese Characters and/or English.

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• Word lists for review are in Hack Chinese.

• A list of Microstories 微故事 is here.

• 枝丫1: Twig: A Fantasy Novel begins here. The complete 枝丫1 story, just 汉字, is here

• 枝丫2 Twig: A Fantasy Novel begins here. The complete 枝丫2 story, just 汉字，is here.