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butter-ified
酉 + 禾
whiskey bottle + grain
Character Notes

This character originally referred to the fermenting of milk and now is used to refer to food products made with butter. Sometimes butter makes things crispy, flaky, crumbly or soft, so we'll create a term to unite these various meanings: butter-ified!

A family favorite: Whole Grain Oats with Whiskey Butter.

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sick and tired of
月 + 贰
body part + II
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Picture being sick and tired of your body part having to touch greasy II-kuai bills.

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lǎo
guy
亻 + 老lǎo
persona + old man
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Picture your persona referring to a guy as an old man and getting beat up.

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jùn
lofty
山 + 夋qūn
mountain + city park
Character Notes

You think fake mountains are a little lofty for a city park.

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recruit [v.]
莫mò + 力
mirage + muscle
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Picture someone creating a mirage to strong-arm someone into recruitment.

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let in
纟 + 内nèi
thread + internal
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Tying up loose ends by accepting the thread of the argument internally, let it in on the inside.

Let in a loose thread to the internal side of your sweater.

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zuǎn
chignon
算suàn + 糸
calculate + fine silk
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You calculate the number of red fine silk ribbons used to tie a chignon (hair bun).

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zhǔ
admonish
口 + 属shǔ
mouth + belong to
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Picture your elder admonishing: remember who you are, who you belong to.

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wén
design [n.]
纟 + 文wén
thread + gentleman farmer
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The gentleman farmer had the design of the character 文 sewn in thread into his top hat.

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qīn
think highly of
钅jīn + 欠qiàn
metal + lack
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One thinks highly of a metal that lacks impurities.

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imperial concubine
女 + 臣(modified)
woman + feudal official/loft bed
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This imperial concubine is a woman who also spent time in a feudal official's loft bed (but notice it is fancier than the normal one.)

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zhèn
vibrate
扌 + 辰chén
hand + earthquake
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Your hand causes earthquake-like conditions by vibrating the table.

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simulate
扌 + 以yǐ
hand + by means of
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The simulation is controlled by means of your hand.

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jiè
fall due
尸 + 由
flag + sprout
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You put a flag next to a sprout, so you know when watering falls due.

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bīn
mixed colors
纟 + 宾bīn
thread + visitor
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Picture an interesting visitor wearing threads of mixed colors.

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jiá
pod
艹 + 夹jiā
flowers + press from both sides
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In flowers, the seed pod is pressed from both sides to keep the seeds inside.

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nourish
氵 + 兹zī
water + Siamese twins
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Picture mysterious Siamese twin water babies, nourished with water.

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bāo
bud
艹 + 包bāo
flowers + wrap
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A bud is a flower tightly wrapped, ready to burst.

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qiáo
lay eyes on
目 + 焦jiāo
eyes + apprehensive/roast bird
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You lay eyes on the red juice coming from the roast turkey and get apprehensive.

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