World of the Bizarre

Chinese woman memorizes entire dictionary

By T.K. Randall
March 20, 2015 ·  26 comments

Li's incredible memory enabled her to remember the entire book. Image Credit: CC BY 2.5 Ane Cecilie Blichfeldt The 51-year-old single mother began the mammoth task of remembering every word in the 2,548-page book to help her earn enough money to look after her autistic son.

A university lecturer and translator, Li has been studying the dictionary every day from nine in the morning to five in the evening since August 2013 and can now recite the definitions of practically every word, a skill that has proven extremely useful.

Now Li is hoping to apply her skills to the Chinese game show "The Brain" which she says is her biggest dream as it would give her the opportunity to further challenge herself.In addition to English Li can also speak French, Polish, German, Japanese and Russian.

"If I can fly I will fly, if I can't fly I will run, if I cannot run I will crawl," she said.

"No matter what you must move forward."

Source: China Topix | Comments (26)

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