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miè
despise
艹 + 罒 + 戊 + 丶
flowers + net + cannon + drop
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Flower children despise war. Picture them throwing a net over a cannon or stuffing it with something to prevent it from firing.

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jīn
now, *clock
8 + h
meeting + “hands of clock”
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We're meeting at 6:45, now!

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special
牛 + 寺
cow + Buddhist temple
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"We would also like to purchase cows for our temple, as they are very special." (Buddhist Temple)

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máo
spear
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derivative: 龴 *spear head

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chā
fork [n.]
又 + 丶
right hand + drop
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This could be a picture of a mini fork in your right hand.

Some cultures only use the right hand to eat.

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zhài
stockade
Qsāi + 朩
hamster cage + pole
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Picture a stockade built around a hamster cage made of poles.

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zǒu
walk
土 + 龰
soil + trail of footprints
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leave a trail of footprints in the soil when you walk

as a component: “走字旁”

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biàn
change
亦 + 又
dancing penguin + right hand
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This dancing penguin changes his stick from his right hand to his left.

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zhèn
quake
⻗ + 辰chén
weather + earthquake
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1989 San Francisco quake followed by the 1994 L.A. earthquake

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zhǎo
*claw
vulture modified
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zhǒng
swollen
月 + 中zhōng
body part + middle
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body part grows in the middle when it swells

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fēng
insane
疒 + 风fēng
sickness + windstorm
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Trapped in an ice cave, you might go insane. The anxiety is like a windstorm in your mind.

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xiáng
soar
羊yáng + 羽
sheep + wings
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A sheep dreams of soaring with wings.

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yuán
employee
口 + 贝
mouth + shells
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Google pays their employees in their mouths and with shells

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dài
have on
𢦏zái + 田 + 共
tank + field + together
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Picture tanks rolling together over the field, and the battalion members all have on a helmet.

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logic
王 + 里lǐ
jewel + computer
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the jewel, the motherboard in the computer, contains its logic

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zūn
venerate
酋 + 寸cùn
chieftain + thumb
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Picture a venerated relic: the Viking chieftain’s thumb.

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gōng
attack [v.]
工gōng + 攵
I-beam + taskmaster
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The taskmaster attacks problems by working harder. (She is lifting an I-beam into place.)

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què
reliable
石 + 角jué
stone + Big Bad Wolf
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Putting stones in the stomach is a reliable way of getting rid of the Big Bad Wolf.

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