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shuǎng
frank [adj.]
大 + 㸚
large dog + cross-stitch
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Be frank about the St Bernard cross-stitch--it is time to let it go.

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lǎng
lucent
良liáng + 月
halo + moon
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Moondance

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láng
wolf
犭 + 良liáng
Aesop + halo
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"The Angel Wolf" There is a Lakota legend of an angel wolf that nurtured an injured woman. The woman learned the wolf ways and taught them to her people. You can picture this angel wolf on top of a precipice with the full moon behind her head like a halo. Moral: What we fear can be our savior. (Fables)

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desert [n.]
氵 + 莫mò
water + mirage
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water vapor creates a mirage in the desert

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jiàn
cheap
贝 + 戋jiān
shells + machine gun
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cheap plastic machine guns that only cost a few shells

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physician
匚 + 矢
box + dart
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big box physician, throw a dart at the list

"Max Dart wants to be a doctor." (Max Dart)

alternatively: 匚 + 𠂉 + 大 box + lying down + large, boxy office, with a patient lying down and big doctor helping him

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sprout
艹 + 牙yá
flowers + tooth
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In one culture, baby teeth are buried, and the sprouts that come up above them represent new adult teeth.

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yán
Yan
门 + 臽xiàn
gate + trap
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Mr. Yan places a trap at the city gate to catch his love? his enemy?

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gǔn
*stick
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derivative: (丿丨) *crutches

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fáng
ward off
阝 + 方fāng
pinnacle + compass
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Pinnacle Security: they will ward off wedding crashers from all compass directions.

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yóu
wherefore, *sprout
field modified
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sprout coming out of a field

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bǎo
sated
饣 + 包bāo
food + wrap
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wrap up your meal with a declaration of "I'm full”

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yuǎn
distant
元yuán + 辶
Adam&Eve + road
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Adam and Eve make the choice of life, which starts their journey into our world. If we look back to the distant past, we can see our brave first parents showing us the way. (Bible Series)

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chǐ
ruler
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alternative breakdown: 尸+\ corpse/flag + “measuring tape”, doing an autopsy with a ruler

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gǎn
feel [v.]
咸xián + 心
salty + heart
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You feel salty after the beach, other feelings are in your heart.

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gòng
together
龷 + 八
flower arrangement + animal legs
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together forever anniversary gifts: a flower arrangement or a small pet

"The wedding favor that guests will take home is a little wedding mouse with a flower arrangement on its head with a tag that reads, ‘Together Forever’." (Wedding Planner)

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zhè
this
文 + 辶
gentleman farmer + road
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wén on the roadzhè!” (to the tune of "Minimum wage! Hyah!")

A gentleman farmer Robert Frost wrote this poem: “The Road Not Taken”.

"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)

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.

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filthy
氵 + 亏
water + loss
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water has lost its clearness when it is filthy

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hài
harm [n.]
宀 + 丰 + 口
house + bushes + mouth
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In Minecraft, stepping on the bushes causes harm, you yell "ouch!"

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