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chū
exit [v.]
山 + 山
mountain + mountain
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exit through a pass between two mountains

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yán
grind away [v.]
石 + 开
stone + open
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Picture using a stone to grind away and open what you are researching.

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hūn
marriage
女 + 昏hūn
woman + dusk
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Marriage joins a woman to another clan at dusk.

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é
goose
我wǒ + 鸟
I/me + bird
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my pet bird is a goose

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zhé
discount [n.]
扌 + 斤
hand + catty/axe
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The vendor shows the discount with her hand for a 斤jīn (catty) of fruit.

This small hand axe you got on discount.

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yìn
print
X + 卩
staples + stamped
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get your printout stapled and stamped

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jiù
*rib cage
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derivative: 叟 *skeleton

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bàn
play the part of
扌 + 分fēn
hand + part
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hand divides up the play, giving each player their part

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*mask
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zàng
inter [v.]
艹 + 死 + 廾
flowers + death + two hands
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inter with flowers on top of death, two hands folded on chest

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no, *no symbol
一 + 丿 + 卜bǔ
ceiling + slash + magic wand
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alternatively: 下 + 丿 below + slash

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píng
level ground
土 + 平píng
soil + even
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soil that is even is level ground

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zhāng
chapter
立 + 早
stand up + early
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stand up early, quit reading after just a chapter

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wèi
meaning
讠 + 胃wèi
microphone + stomach
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microphone announces dinner time, it’s as if the stomach understands the meaning and growls

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biān
border
力 + 辶
muscle + road
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"Border with Muscle: With unemployment in the U.S. soaring, patrols are building up muscle on the border to keep Mexicans out." (1930's On the Road)

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西

west, *Wild West
酉 - 一
whiskey bottle - “whiskey”
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empty whiskey bottle on the streets of the Wild West

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tān
paralysis
疒 + 难nán
sickness + difficult
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After hours in the ice cave, her limbs became difficult to feel. She convinced herself she was paralyzed.

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identical
文 + C
gentleman farmer + crutches
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gentleman farmer is identical to his brother except for the crutches

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me
[suffix]
丿 + 厶
slash + monument
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“m” monument

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