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shōu
accept
丩jiū + 攵
horn + taskmaster
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The taskmaster instructs the mother to sound the horn to signal the bride’s entrance. She accepts her duty.

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yōu
worried
忄 + 尤yóu
meme + Goofy
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meme of Goofy: “Don’t worry”

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yán
countenance
彦yàn + 页
Pueblo chief + head/page
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Picture a page in a history book with a portrait of a chief with a noble countenance.

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le
[-ed], *completed
子 - 一
child - [its arms]
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the swaddling is completed when the arms of the child stay tucked in

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shí
tidy up
扌 + 合
hand + fit
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use hands to tidy up, fit things back in their boxes

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suān
sour
酉 + 夋qūn
whiskey bottle + city park
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feel sour when there are whiskey bottles in the city park OR “Miss Sourpuss” who walks the city park at night with a whiskey bottle in her hand

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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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