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musical score
讠 + 普pǔ
microphone + universal
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Use a microphone to spread your musical score universally.

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wings
羽 + 田 + 共
wings + field + together
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Wings are all you can see in the field when a flock of birds are squabbling together.

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rèn
cooked food
饣 + 壬rén
food + knight
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This knight is particular about only eating cooked food.

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pēng
cooking method
亨hēng + 灬
go smoothly + cooking fire
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Picture a prosperous gentleman demonstrating a cooking method that goes smoothly over the cooking fire.

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hēng
go smoothly
亠 + 口 + 了
top hat + mouth + -ed
Character Notes

The top hat’s speech went smoothly until he finish-ed.

a picture of a prosperous gentleman (whose life goes smoothly) with a top hat and beard

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cǎi
step on
足 + 采cǎi
lower leg + pick
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The amputee tried to be careful, but he still stepped on some strawberries that had been picked.

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qiè
pilfer
穴 + 切qiè
hole + everything
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A mouse makes a hole in a rice bag to pilfer everything inside.

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pèng
bump [v.]
石 + 並bìng
stone + side by side
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You stand still as a stone side by side with people on the metro trying not to bump them.

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admire
莫mò + ⺗
mirage + valentine
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Valentines are often just mirages for true feelings of admiration.

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tiǎn
lick
舌 + 天tiān + ⺗
tongue + heavens + valentine
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Use your tongue to lick the valentine shut and look to the heavens, hoping it is well received.

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耀

yào
show off
光 + 翟
ray + special bird wings
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Rays bounce off the turkey’s wings as he turns to show off.

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shǎn
flash
门 + 人
gate + person
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There's supposed to be a flash mob at the city gate, but just one person shows up.

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bēng
stretch taut
纟 + 朋péng
thread + companion
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You pull a thread from your companion’s sweater, and it gets stretched taut (and so does your friendship).

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shoulder to arm
月 + 尃
body part + thumb prick
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Alternatively: 月 + 甫 + 寸 body part + injection + thumb; The shoulder to arm is the body part where you get your injection followed by a thumb pressed to stop the bleeding.

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upper limb
月 + 各gè
body part + each
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This upper limb is the body part shown off by each of the arm wrestlers.

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dǒu
quiver
扌 + 斗dǒu
hand + big dipper
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The big dipper is so heavy, my hand quivers when I try to pour from it.

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chàn
tremble
亶dǎn + 页
Mr. Hyde + head/page
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As his powers weaken, Mr. Hyde’s head starts to tremble during transitions.

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cāng
ash-colored
艹 + 仓cāng
flowers + storehouse
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fresh flowers in a storehouse will eventually fade to ash-colored

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twig
丷 + 丨
horns + stick
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a twig can look like a stick with horns

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