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bào
expose
日 + 暴bào
sun + violent
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laying something out in full sunlight gives it violent exposure

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chù
touch [v.]
角 + 虫
Big Bad Wolf + insect
Character Notes

"What a big insect you have on your head!" Big Bad Wolf reached up to touch it, and it flew away.

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yōng
mediocre
广 + 肀 + 用yòng
cave + rake + Little Red
Character Notes

After the incident with the wolf, grandma felt better about living in a cave where she kept a rake by the door for protection. Little Red thought both provisions were mediocre preventative measures.

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zuàn
drill [v.]
钅 + 占zhān
metal + tell fortunes
Character Notes

modern shaman uses metal drill to tell fortunes rather than a 卜

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bàn
blend
扌 + 半bàn
hand + half
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use hand to blend the half and half

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pàn
betray
半bàn + 反fǎn
half + against
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betray your other half by going against your better self

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huì
converge
氵 + 匚
water + box
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a relay race where team members converge with water to fill a box

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cōng
onion
艹 + 匆cōng + 心
flowers + hurriedly + heart
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Benjamin Bunny tramples among the flowers and tries to hurriedly take the onions, with an anxious heart.

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wěn
kiss [v.]
口 + 勿wù
mouth + knot
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to kiss is to tie your mouth in a knot with someone else

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cōng
hurriedly
勿 + 丶
knot + drop
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if you hurriedly tie a knot, a part of it might get dropped

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zhí
breed [v.]
歹 + 直zhí
carcass + straight
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breed horses for their straight bones

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fán
numerous
敏 + 糸
sensitive + fine silk
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numerous members of the family have a sensitivity to fine silk

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shān
delete
册 + 刂
Vol + sword
Character Notes

This volume needs to be deleted. Cut it off with a sword!

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shù
villa
野 + 土tǔ
wild + soil
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often a villa is built to take advantage of the wild countryside where there is plenty of soil

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zhàng
cane
木 + 丈zhàng
wood + one's elder
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a cane is wood used by one's elder

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chóu
animosity
亻 + 九jiǔ
persona + nine
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persona has nine reasons for animosity against his enemy

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hàn
defend against
扌 + 旱hàn
hand + drought
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have to hand water your flowers to defend against drought

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huì
favor
一 + 日 + 虫 + 心
one + day + insect + heart
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offered the favor (or special deal at the insect museum): for one day, you can catch insects to your heart's content

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shǎ
thick-headed
亻 + 囟 + 八 + 夂
persona + smartphone + animal legs/2 drops of sweat + walking legs
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Your persona is thick-headed when it comes to new technology, would rather sweat it out with her walking legs than use a smartphone.

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