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wéi
maintain
纟 + 隹zhuī
thread + special bird
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use thread to maintain control over the turkey or at least its legs during roasting

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base [n.]
其qí + 土
laundry basket + soil
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base camp has the laundry facilities to wash off the soil

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mǎo
*letter opener
T + 刀dāo
envelope + knife
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letter opener is an "envelope knife"

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zhàng
barrier
阝 + 章zhāng
pinnacle + chapter
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Pinnacle Weddings finds a certain chapter in the book Owning Your Wedding a barrier to success.

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sneeze
口 + 疐dì
mouth + stumble
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A sneeze causes Yakov to stumble as he gets to the field behind the chapel. (Max Dart)

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thirsty
氵 + 曷hé
water + siesta
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wake up from your siesta thirsty, need water

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pagoda
土 + 荅dā
soil + fairy house
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pagoda built of soil after the design of a fairy house

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take charge
𠃌 + 一 + 口
coat hook + one + mouth
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you’re on the hook—you’re the one mouth in charge

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pattern
木 + 各gè
tree + each
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trees each have their own pattern

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jiè
take precautions against
廾 + 戈
two hands + rifle
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To take precautions against someone shooting you, the universal signal is to put your two hands up in the air.

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shēng
voice [n.]
士 + 尸 + 丨
soldier + split flag
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In a civil war, soldiers‘ voices are split against each other.

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pressure [n.]
厂 + 土 + 丶
cliff + soil + drop
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a cliff under pressure will drop soil

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cease
罒 + 去
net + go
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net causes you to cease to go

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yàn
learned, *Pueblo chief
产 + 彡
Pueblo + bird tail
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Pueblo chief is learned

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jǐng
well [n.]
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zhēng
steam [v.]
艹 + 承chéng + 灬
flowers + (partial) undertake + cooking fire
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Alternatively: 艹 + 了 + 水 + 一 + 灬 flowers + completed + water + one + cooking fire; Flowers of steam rise as the water in the one pot is being dri-ed up (completed) over the cooking fire.

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shòu
vend
隹 + 口kǒu
special bird + mouth
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turkey popping out of the mouth of a vending machine

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jiū
hold tight
扌 + 秋qiū
hand + autumn
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use hand to hold tight to autumn leaves and to memories of autumn drives up the canyon

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dāo
knife
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derivative: 刂 *sword

as a component: “刀字旁”

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力 lì power/muscle
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