Great Wall

chōng

sufficient
(亠厶) + 儿
guard tower + human legs

guard tower with sufficient human legs to stand post

education
H + 月
guard tower + moon

tower guard takes a book to educate himself at night by moonlight

forsake
H + 廾
guard tower + two hands

I needed two hands at the guard tower, but he forsook me.

H

*guard tower
丶 + I
drop + Great Wall

shū

comb [n.]
木 + 㐬
wood + bridge

uses a wooden comb for a comb-over that makes a bridge from one side of his head to the other

tào

cover [n.]
大 + X + I
large + staples + Great Wall

large staples cover a hole in the Great Wall

I

*Great Wall
一 + 厶
one + monument

the horizontal line monument

zhì

until
I + 土
Great Wall + soil

China won’t collapse until the Great Wall turns to soil

huì

meeting
8 + I
meeting + Great Wall

ultimate summit meeting: on the Great Wall

gāng

just now
冈gāng + 刂
ridge + sword

They’ve just now come over the ridge, draw your swords!

liú

*bridge
H + 川
guard tower + stream

guard tower built over a stream, so it is a bridge

shì

room
宀 + 至zhì
house + until

The man insists that one room, his man cave, will not be complete until it has a replica of the crumbling Great Wall on one side.

liú

flow [v.]
氵 + 㐬liú
water + bridge

water flows under the bridge

Great Wall

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