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xiāng
box [n.]
⺮ + 相xiāng
bamboo + one another
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In this class campers will learn how to make bamboo boxes to give one another.

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mán
barbaric
亦 + 虫
dancing penguin + insect
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This dancing penguin is considered barbaric because he eats insects instead of caviar.

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chestnut
西xī + 木
Wild West + tree
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lone chestnut tree in Wild West town

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sǎng
voice box
口 + 桑sāng
mouth + mulberry tree
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“When his voice box is sore, mulberry juice does the trick.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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gǎn
brave [adj.]
ユ + 耳 + 攵
iron + ear + taskmaster
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Be brave! Taskmaster is just going to iron the wrinkled ribbon by your ear.

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rabbit
⺈ + 口 + 儿 + 丶
mask + “chest” + human legs + drop
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A human dressed as an Easter rabbit with a mask and drop of a tail.

A kind of bunny with a large chest and human legs.

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zhēn
chaste
卜 + 贝
magic wand + shells
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he wants to regain his chastity through magic or money

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abruptly
穴 + 犬
hole + small dog
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a Pekingese appeared abruptly out of a hole

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shè
establish
讠 + 殳shū
microphone + boomerang
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Picture the establishment of a new boomerang center with speeches through a microphone.

Can we establish peace with a microphone, rather than boomerangs?

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yuè
surpass
走 + 戊
walk + cannon
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Picture walking with a cannon in order to surpass the enemy during the night; it gets caught on something (hook stroke).

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còu
gather together
冫 + 奏
ice + play an instrument
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A small band gathers together despite the ice to play their instruments.

alternatively: 冫 + 𡗗 + 天 ice + bonsai + heavens; You gather together the bonsai trees inside on the day the heavens turn icy.

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chī
idiotic
疒 + 知zhī
sickness + know
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Picture the know-it-all Max Dart’s idiotic sick note.

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guāng
ray
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alternative breakdown: ⺌+儿 small + human legs, small human legs run in to wake you like a ray of sunshine

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sūn
grandchild
子 + 小
child + small
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Small grandchildren are often taken care of by their grandparents in China.

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ráo
spare [v.]
饣 + 尧yáo
food + ceremonial guard
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The ceremonial guard was spared from mess hall duty.

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yuān
injustice
冖 + 兔
crown + rabbit
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It is injustice that the royal rabbit accidentally got eaten for supper.

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shí
stone
厂 + 口
cliff + mouth
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This character is a picture of a crumbling cliff with a stone falling.

as a component: “石字旁”

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square
矢 + 巨jù
dart + giant
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A giant square with a picture of a dart on it shows the Dart family the way.

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𢛳

*ten commandments
十 + 罒 + 一 + 心
ten + net + one + heart
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After leading his people out of Egypt, Moses now has to teach them how not to be slaves but to govern themselves on the way to the promised land. He receives new laws from God, including the 10 commandments, a safety net for the people that encourages them to be of one heart with each other. (Bible Series)

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