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纟 + 娄lóu
thread + bride
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Picture the detailed embroidered thread on a bride's veil.

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niàng
brew
酉 + 良liáng
whiskey bottle + halo
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Picture a whiskey brew is so special, it glows with a halo.

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crouch
⻊ + 居jū
lower leg + reside
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When you crouch, you reside on your lower leg.

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contract [n]
丰 + 刀 + 大
bushes + knife + large dog
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Primitive contracts: dogs pee on bushes to mark territory and humans carve with knives into tree trunks.

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dào
unhulled rice
禾 + 舀yǎo
grain + carrion
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The unhulled rice is tossed in the compost with the carrion.

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tuì
molt
虫 + 兑duì
insect + convert/devil
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When an insect molts, it often converts into a new form.

Surely any day now this teenage devil will molt into an adult human.

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mǎng
rude
艹 + 犬 + 廾
flowers + small dog + two hands
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Picture using two hands to restrain a rude small dog trying to trample the flowers.

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jīng
a type of shrub
艹 + 刑xíng
flowers + punishment
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This type of shrub produces lavender flowers and its branches are used in beatings as punishment.

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wèi
console
尉wèi + 心
martyr + heart
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We must console the hearts of the martyr’s family.

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figure of speech
口 + 俞yú
mouth + slaughterhouse
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Picture a mouth saying “Slaughterhouse 5” has become a figure of speech.

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bǎng
truss [v.]
纟 + 邦bāng
thread + nation
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We need to truss together the broken threads of our nation.

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bāng
nation
丰fēng + X阝
bushes + city walls
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The nation plants bushes around its city walls with a sense of pride.

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fall down
土 + 日 + 羽
soil + sun + wings
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Icarus fell down to the soil from the sun when his wings melted.

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dài
loan [n.]
代dài + 贝
substitute for + shells
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A loan is a substitute for your shells.

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kǎi
incensed
忄 + 既
meme + flight attendant
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Picture a meme of an incensed flight attendant.

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qià
just right
忄 + 合
meme + fit
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Picture a meme of jeans that fit just right.

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inception
纟 + 者
thread + hero
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In the movie Inception, the hero places the thread of an idea into someone's head.

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recount
余yú + 又
excess + right hand
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When recounting stories, he excessively uses right hand gestures.

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gēng
thick soup
羔 + 美
lamb + beautiful
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Picture a thick lamb soup in a beautiful pot.

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