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shì
ornaments
饣shí + 𠂉 + 巾
food + lying down + towel
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free food at the decorated spa lounge

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què
withdraw
去qù + 卩
go + stamped
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withdraw your entry, go to get your stamped original back

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huǐ
ruin [v.]
臼 + 工 + 殳
rib cage + I-beam + boomerang
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On the left, we have what's left when a city is ruined, rib cages and I-beams. Maybe a boomerang can't do so much damage, but it can ruin an animal.

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nán
south
十 + 冂 + ¥
ten/needle + hood + RMB
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gang in the south: drugs, hoods, money

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zhì
order
禾 + 失shī
grain + lose
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planting orderly rows of grain, easy to lose track of which one you are on

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dance [n./v.]
𠂉 + 卌 + 一 + 舛
lying down + forty + one + Cirque du Soleil
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40 Cirque de Solei performers lying down on unicycles and dancing in the evening

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cǎi
pick [v.]
爫 + 木
claw + tree
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A claw picks something off a tree.

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zhàn
station [n.]
立 + 占zhān
stand up + tell fortunes
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picture a fortune teller standing at the station

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jiǎo
*Noah’s dove
白 + 放
white + release
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The world turns to chaos, and only by listening to God does Noah save himself, and in turn, all of creation. As the water recedes, he releases a white dove to see if it will find a tree on which to rest. (Bible Series)

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jiān
saute
前qián + 灬
in front + cooking fire
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in front of the shop over the cooking fire, they are sautéing breakfast bǐng

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yuē
make an appointment
纟 + 勺
thread + ladle
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a "taitai" (married woman) making an appointment with the tailor, a cooking class, etc.

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qǐng
invite
讠 + 青qīng
microphone + green-blue
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through the microphone: I’d like to invite the girl with the green-blue eyes to dance, please!

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jiǎo
dumpling
饣 + 交jiāo
food + mingle
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perfect food when mingling OR ingredients are mingled inside

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suì
years of age
山 + 夕
mountain + evening
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when you are of age, you can go the mountains in the evening

each year you get taller, maybe as high as a mountain, measure your height at your evening party

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chéng
submit
口 + 王
mouth + king
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submitting to the king, offering him food

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𠃊

sack
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ān
peaceful
宀 + 女
house + woman
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Mother: A house is peaceful when a woman is present. / Daughter: I am at peace when I am the only one in the house.

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zuò
make
亻 + 故
persona + deliberate
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Your persona deliberately makes…

alternatively: 亻+古 + 攵 persona + ancient + taskmaster, Your persona needs an ancient taskmaster to make...

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yǎn
*belch
几 + 口
wind + mouth
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Picture someone opening her mouth to call out when instead, out comes a belch!

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