Using your two hands to pull out ten plants at once.

Alternatively: 十 + 艹 ten + flowers

as a component: “四字头”

moisten your lips in anticipation of the wealth inside the king’s gate

Our corsages have a special style, using a spear head for a fastener. Grooms love the manly look.

Picture the handle of an heirloom knife: wood from the third generation.

a head as big as a stone OR those with master’s Degrees have big heads

thorny tree which will bear fruit (red dates) even after it freezes

Escape the Omen: Okies are just trying to escape disaster, but the omen is already on the road—thousands just like them. (1930's On the Road)

You see the omen on the road and try to escape your fate.

insect-like thing with a vermilion dot on its back

This dancing penguin bends his dancing stick into a curved bow.

brand name copycat, made again and again, *derived from 假 jiǎ fake

each beach in L.A. is different, 洛杉矶luòshānjī Los Angeles

The hero is honored as an author with a floral wreath. (The Hero of the Wild West)

an indoor sprouting animal

Encountering a Beekeeper: Human kindness can still be found. A family, who is headed west, encounters a beekeeper on the road and enjoys a sticky treat. (1930's On the Road)

In the microphone: we'd like to welcome to the show the biographer of Mr. Tan, the first person in the West to cultivate sunflowers. She is Ms. Tan, Tan's granddaughter.

Mother: As a married woman, I think of my broom as my scepter (or the way to escape the house at night). / Daughter: Everyone was so nervous to give anything practical (like a broom) to me as a married woman in fear that I would take it as sexist, but to be fair, we did both came into the marriage with our own brooms.

A sprout bends and needs a support stick.

practicing swordplay gives you a firm foundation (like the ground)

alternatively: 刂 + 又 + 土 sword + again + soil: "Foiled again!" Throw your sword on the soil: "Now I have a firm resolve to..."