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hào
consume
耒 + 毛máo
Christmas tree + fur
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Some make Christmas the ultimate consumer holiday: waste trees and buy luxury goods like fur coats.

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time and again
尸 + 娄lóu
corpse/flag + bride
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A corpse bride wants to get married time and again.

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jiǔ
chives
非 + 一
jail + floor
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Picture chives growing on the floor of a jail cell.

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lián
drapes
穴 + 巾
hole + towel
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When you first move in, a towel can act as drapes to cover the hole of the window.

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cuò
frustrate
扌 + 坐zuò
hand + sit
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You are frustrated: your hands are tied and you are sitting, unable to stand.

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jiá
cheek
夹jiā + 页
press from both sides + page/head
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You squeeze the cheeks, pressing from both sides of the head.

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bēi
sad
非fēi + 心
jail + heart
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In jail, your heart is sad.

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zhǒu
elbow
月 + 寸
body part + thumb
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Your elbow is a body part that bends like a thumb.

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quán
recover
疒 + 全quán
sickness + whole
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To recover means to go from sickness to being whole again.

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more and more
俞yú + 心
slaughterhouse + heart
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The more we learn of slaughterhouses the more our hearts ache for the animals and workers.

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hàn
joggle
扌 + 感gǎn
hand + feel
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Use you hand to joggle the Boggle board until it feels settled.

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biàn
differentiate
辡biàn + 刂
counter attack + sword
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Unfortunately, a sword can cut through the counter attack of words to differentiate who is serious.

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zhà
extract
木 + 窄zhǎi
tree/wood + strait
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Trees have been extracted to make a strait passageway to the hut.

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pāo
toss
扌 + 九 + 力
hand + nine + muscle
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Picture your hand using nine muscles to toss a ball.

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dōu
pocket
白 + 匚 + 儿
white + box + human legs
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This could be a picture of a white bib with a pocket, keeping the human clean.

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jùn
handsome
亻 + 夋qūn
persona + city park
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Picture your persona in a city park looking for handsome men.

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yōng
put to work
亻 + 用yòng
persona + Little Red Riding Hood
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Picture your persona putting LRRH to work as a guide through the woods.

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zhà
swindle
讠 + 乍zhà
microphone + saw
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You know you've been swindled when you plug in the microphone, and it makes a sawing sound.

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behold
目 + 者
eye + hero
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Heroes are in the eye of the beholder.

The eye of the hero beholds his audience as he recounts his adventures.

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