中文挑战

Oh! I like these a lot.

bubble -- 肥皂泡

exercise -- 瑜伽

make-up -- 摸嘴唇

trees -- 一模一样

boat -- 报纸

mask -- 面具

tank -- 在坦克炮

I learned a couple of new words with this one!

BTW, I think the caption is slightly wrong for the third one. If you look closely, there is an open container of red lip balm (or whatever it's called....) next to her, which is what I think she is doing.

Got the same as jbradfor. I had to use several dictionary tools to solve this though.

The trees one stumped me.

I kept trying to figure out a way to write "waving." Doing this in my head, I completely missed that 摸 and 模 were both available.

The trees one stumped me.

Ditto. I just saved that one for last, and with the remaining characters it was pretty clear what it could be. Then I just put the possibilities into MDBG and looked for the one that was a word.

I've been thinking of ways to make this harder. You could add a couple extra characters that are not used -- and put in a spoiler the ones that aren't used, for people that need a hint. [Or maybe a couple spoilers, so people could remove them one/two at a time....] Or maybe in addition to the 7 words, pick a chengyu (or something), and after you get the 7 words, the remaining 4 characters will form a well-known chengyu. Again, you could put the chengyu in a spoiler for people that want it easier.

@jbradfor

Hmmm, those are interesting ideas. Perhaps you could... implement them by posting your own challenge?

Me post one? What's that Chinese expression, "sharpening my ax in front of Master Wu"?

Well, I tried. I really do like the extra characters + chengyu suggestion, though. I'll make sure to use that in the next 7句话 puzzle.