the main room of a house is actually the outhouse where one can soil in privacy

alternatively: 龸+口+土 playhouse + mouth + soil, kids pretending to be nobles in their playhouse eating mud pies

“心字底”

derivatives: 忄*meme, ⺗ *valentine

alternatively: 彳+一+丁 queue + one/ceiling + nail, queue at the hardware business to buy the one nail available

When this character separates its left and right halves and there is another component in the middle, we'll call it "boulevard."

in the movie Inside Out, emotions are stored in something like a computer

alternative breakdown: 田+土 field + soil; anciently, a li was a measurement of distance one could use to measure a field

derivatives: 亻 *persona, 𠂉 *lying down

the jewel, the motherboard in the computer, contains its logic

it would be nice if DMV workers were comedians

derivatives: 已 *snakeskin, 巴 *boa

the swaddling is completed when the arms of the child stay tucked in

picture of a seed on a plant

magic wand hovering above the floor

magic wand hovering below the ceiling

alternatively: 下 + 丿 below + slash

 Brigham Young, first governor of Utah, puts his stick in the soil and declares the Salt Lake Valley as “the place” for settlement.

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go to the monument on a soil path

Picture yourself at daybreak at the beach drawing this character in the sand with your feet.

come one, come all, get your free rice

a person trying to make themself look large by spreading out their arms

When 大 appears as a component, it is often derived from 犬 dog, so in these cases we'll call it a "large dog" in our stories.

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large person grows and grows until his head reaches the ceiling and then the heavens

Sleep in till noon on New Year’s day, then start checking the boxes of your New Year’s resolutions.

wicker basket with legs, divided into His, Hers, Theirs, for the laundry of different members of the family

point with a knife to that city (the other, the second)

ten thousand directions on a compass, moves by a drop

“I think I can, I think I can” Little Engine spitting nails

your nose is the drop between your eyes; Chinese people refer to themselves by pointing at their nose

express individual style through your umbrella: Gene Kelly “Singin’ in the Rain”

alternatively: 人 + 丨 person + stick: maybe you are counting people, maybe sticks

woman with her child is good

house on stilts with pigs underneath

you possess the body parts by your side  

Despicable Me villain wants to possess the moon

John Swigert Jr. was one of the astronauts on the Apollo 13 moon mission.

What in the world is going on here? (sees persona with needle)

“m”monument

your persona: he is also covered with scorpions

woman covered in scorpions named She

your persona finds her doppelganger (a person's look-alike) at the gate

"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)

"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)

hand over your eyes looking for something

What is the cause of enclosing the St. Bernard?

the mnemonic for remembering the spelling of "because": Big Elephants Can't Always Understand Small Elephants (so they get enclosed)

you act with your muscles, producing two drops of sweat

country song: how could you have sawed my heart in half?

open heart surgery: how do they saw without hurting the person?

ultimate summit meeting: on the Great Wall

alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

“I've got a right to my rifle!"

alternatively: a picture of a hand pointing to its other hand

boomerang territory (Western Australia) does not have much water

alternatively: 氵 + 几 + 又 water + wind + right hand: water washes it away, so there is nothing left, wind blows it away, so there is nothing left, hand brushes it away, so there is nothing left

alternatively: 亠 + 乂 + 辶 top hat + X + road, you see a top hat on the road and when you pick it up, underneath an X marks this spot

A gentleman farmer Robert Frost wrote this poem: “The Road Not Taken” OR "This Gentleman Farmer: During the Dust Bowl, many have to leave their farms. This gentleman farmer is one of them." (1930's On the Road)

wén on the road…zhè! (to the tune of "Minimum wage! Hyah!")

beggars need to eat

Soon there was a very long line of men at the silver mining office ready to be hired.

plow pulled by means of a person, a drop of sweat

white de ladle：白色的勺子

poster in the Wild West “Wanted: Women”

Western women want it all: family, career, etc.

face-to-face interview: a hundred eyeballs on you

面 also means "noodles": picture a hundred eyeballs tossed in your noodles

“Speak of the devil!”

give threads that fit

horns hang in front of the butcher’s shop

a back seat driver behind you dragging you down

dragging behind in the chanting

"That's right!” Swear it with your right hand or just give them a thumbs up.

a child studies in a schoolhouse

waiting in place with swords raised until Mongols arrive

showing off a special ability at the monument: some trick with a body part and 2 spoons

primitive sundial: holding up your thumb to see its shadow and tell the time

a drop of a king is a lord

think of one another, the one you love

木 + 目 + 心 tree + eye + heart: you are under a tree, you close your eyes and think in your heart of the one you love

a wooden sheep has the appearance of a sheep

dōu! all the heroes jumped over the city wall

whole grains in your mouth = (digestive) harmony

when grain fills the mouths of the populations, there is harmony

exit through a pass between two mountains

advance from well to well on the road

"Advance to the Well: As extended families attempt to stay together on the road, often messages are left for those who will follow behind. An example: “Advance to the Well.” (1930's On the Road)

If I have to ask you once more…pick up your hoodie from the soil!

見 is the traditional character of 见, showing that when you see something, it's like your eyes arrive there

a stick goes through the middle of something

country’s wealth (jade) is enclosed, crown jewels protected

You are tying your shoe and see a snake. You start up quickly and walk away with your friend.

Cherokee legend of the boy walking up the mountain and the rattlesnake who asked to go with him: "You knew what I was when you started up."

Little Red utilizes her hood every day when she is picking bouquets.

"many moons ago" (a story told in the evening)

in Beijing, they force Goofy to leave at once

京尤就

women talking about what it would be like if…

ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal

Do you want this road or that road? No, not that one.

"No?: Should you hit the road or no? Take our reader’s quiz to assess your probability of finding work." (1930's On the Road)

scorpion lives in the soil or ground

your persona deliberately makes…

alternatively: 亻+古 + 攵 persona + ancient + taskmaster, persona makes ___ (whatever you want to picture your persona making) when ordered to by the ancient taskmaster

verb to what end? day worker waiting in line at daybreak, with their thumb up to get picked up

"Cross (Town) with Your Thumb: Without money for transportation, many who hit the road have to rely on hitchhiking to get them to the next place." (1930's On the Road)

"Deliver and Shut: This woman is delivering her daughter’s family to the road. Too old to travel herself, she won’t shut the door until they are out of sight." (1930's On the Road)

Mrs. Yu, the inventor of the clothing pulleys that are installed outside people’s apartment windows

a know-it-all: you want to throw darts at his mouth

"The Way: (Follow) the Heads: Heads of religions are teaching the way to peace despite the trials of this life." (1930's On the Road)

pulling the wool over someone’s eyes

learn about five senses at school, the first of which is seeing

Look into the crystal ball and see the present. Oh, maybe it's a mirror.

slice out of tree trunk becomes a notebook

one person following another

the one and only Pacman

you can take the most from the sun and keep taking

have to wait for next round of ice skating because the ice lacks, Zamboni make the sound "ci"