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qiě
moreover, *shelves
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guā
scrape [v.]
舌 + 刂
tongue + sword
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unusual punishment: scraping the tongue with a sword

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𠄌

yi
*plow
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téng
hurt [v.]
疒 + 冬dōng
sickness + winter
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easy to get hurt in winter by slipping on the ice

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退

tuì
retreat [v.]
艮 + 辶
silver + road
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The miners kept coming, only to retreat when they found no silver.

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Wu
口 + 天
mouth + heavens
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口天吴: The family Wu hopes to taste heaven.

Trumpeter Wu: what comes from his mouth is heaven.

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níng
congeal
冫 + 疑yí
ice + doubt
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Max Dart doubts that ice will congeal the blood of Yakov’s spear wound.

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zhàng
battle [n.]
亻 + 丈zhàng
persona + one’s elder
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your persona battling with her elders

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niàn
miss [v.]
今 + 心
now/clock + heart
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clock ticks, your heart beats, you miss her

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liáo
deserted
宀 + 翏liù
house + kiddie cocktail
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The deserted house, where there used to be kids and parties.

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zōu
Zou
刍 + X阝
flying witch + city walls
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The flying witch Zou circles the city walls.

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qiáo
live abroad
亻 + 乔qiáo
persona + pretend
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Your persona pretends to live abroad, but really...

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dǎn
Mr. Hyde
亠 + 回 + 旦dàn
top hat + return + daybreak
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Mr. Hyde is the tophat that returns at daybreak after evenings of dastardly deeds. (He is upright Dr. Jekyll during the day.)

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cloth
𠂇 + 巾
by one's side + towel
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Picture a cook or server with a cloth towel at their waist or over their arm.

Father Damien, a man of the cloth, devoted his life to the leper settlement in Hawaii. He eventually caught leprosy and had to wrap himself in cloth.

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jiǎn
*covered rickshaw
东 + 一
east/rickshaw + “flap”
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marriage rickshaw covering the bride

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*antiques salesman
亠 + 丷 + 冂 + 古
top hat + horns + hood + ancient
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evil antique salesman: horns under the top hat, pulls the hood off the fake antique

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商shāng salesman
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wèi
flavor
口 + 未wèi
mouth + not yet
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Picture a special candy that hits your mouth, but the flavor is not yet.

"Don't taste it yet."

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flay
录 + 刂
record + sword
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He holds the Guinness world record for flaying bear skins with a sword.

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zuò
seat
广 + 坐zuò
cave + sit
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Just like animals that return to the same spot over and over to sit, so do you, finding a nice seat in your cave. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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