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tǎn
level [adj.]
土 + 旦dàn
soil + daybreak
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soil along the horizon at daybreak looks level

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thigh
月 + 殳shū
body part + boomerang
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hit in the thigh by a boomerang

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é
forehead
客kè + 页
guest + head
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guest has something stuck to his forehead

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yòng
utilize, *Little Red Riding Hood
冂 + 1
hood + bouquet
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Little Red utilizes her hood every day when she is picking bouquets.

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mentor
亻 + 尃fū
persona + thumb prick
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Mr. Fu has been my mentor at the lab, teaching me how to efficiently administer the thumb pricks before patients have time to think about it.

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访

fǎng
call on
讠 + 方fāng
microphone + direction/compass
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microphone announces your arrival as a visitor, use compass to make your way through the hallways to the VIP’s office 访客来了

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méi
mildew
⻗ + 每měi
weather + every
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every place with rainy weather has mildew problems

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scrub
扌 + 察chá
hand + investigate
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You scrub with your hand and then investigate to make sure it is clean.

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hand over
弟dì + 辶
younger brother + road
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Hand Over your Younger Brother: Turns out they got the wrong guy. You’d better hand over your younger brother. (1930's On the Road)

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congratulate
加 + 贝
add + shells
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Congratulations, let me add some shells to your pile.

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chuāng
sore
疒 + 仓cāng
sickness + storehouse
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sore from lifting boxes of umbrellas and worms at the storehouse (Costco)

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kūn
descendants
日 + 比
sun + compare
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comparing everyone under the sun, all descendants

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xíng
shape [n.]
开 + 彡shān
open + bird tail
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picture of an open bird tail that reveals shapes

shadow puppets: open your hands in the shape of a bird tail

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jiāo
attractive
女 + 乔qiáo
woman + pretend
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Mother: It seems men find women more attractive when they pretend to not be as smart as they are. / Daughter: There is no need for a woman to pretend; she’s already attractive as she is.

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analyze
木 + 斤
tree/wood + axe
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Analysis involves cutting something into parts and looking at it closely. In your axe work, you will be analyzing the wood, the trees, the blade, the technique, etc.

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fèi
expense
弗fú + 贝bèi
dollar sign + shells
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dollar sign indicates an expense of shells

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qiú
chieftain
丷 + 酉yǒu
horns + whiskey bottle
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Picture a Viking chieftain with horns who drinks whiskey.

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廿

niàn
twenty
十 + 十
ten + ten
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龷 flower arrangement (component)
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wèi
Hello
口 + 畏wèi
mouth + be afraid of
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Hello? Hello? afraid when no one answers your daughter's phone

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