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piàn
cheat [v.]
马 + 扁biǎn
horse + flat/doormat
Character Notes

horse champion cheats her out of her doormat to her barn

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jiàn
see
目 + 儿
eye + human legs
Character Notes

見 is the traditional character of 见, showing that when you see something, it's like your eyes arrive there

as a component: “见字旁”

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贝 bèi shells

zhī
spider (front end)
虫 + 知zhī
insect + know
Character Notes

insect-like thing known for its knowledge (Charlotte)

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bīng
*ice
氵 - 丶
water - drop
Character Notes

as a component: “两点水”

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冰bīng ice
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xiōng
cruel
乂 + 凵
sheaf + pit
Character Notes

Joseph’s cruel brothers decide to do away with him and throw him in a pit. (Bible Series)

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weep
氵 + 立lì
water + stand up
Character Notes

weep and weep until one is standing in water

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xiōng
bosom
月 + 勹 + 凶xiōng
body part + bound up + cruel
Character Notes

You have cruelness bound up in your bosom.

Picture your bosom is the body part that must be bound up after a cruel attack.

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dào
master thief
次 + 皿
next + dish
Character Notes

Carmen San Diego’s next object to steal: Paul Revere’s silver dish

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pleased
予yǔ + 象
fishing spear + elephant
Character Notes

What would be more pleasing than an elephant sighting during your fishing expedition?

Picture a pleasure garden with fishing ponds and elephants wandering around.

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lucky
士 + 口
soldier + mouth
Character Notes

The lucky soldier got a kiss on his way to war.

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wǎng
toward
彳 + 丶 + 王wáng
queue + drop + king
Character Notes

往前走:join the queue walking toward the point in front of the king

alternatively: 彳+主 queue + lord

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zhē
screen [v.]
庶zhē + 辶
booyah + road
Character Notes

Screen the Booyah: On the road, if you have a big pot of booyah stew, you’ll have to screen it unless you are willing to share. (1930's On the Road)

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diū
mislay
丿 + 去
slash + go
Character Notes

Picture something sliding out of your pocket as you go, so it is mislaid.

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fish [n.]
⺈ + 田 + 一
mask + field + floor
Character Notes

picture of a fish

You fish while tending your fields (which in many parts of China were traditionally divided by water); picture a fish on the floor of a boat.

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kuò
include
扌 + 舌
hand + tongue
Character Notes

included a hand smack and tongue lashing

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xiàng
elephant
兔 + 豕
modified rabbit + sow
Character Notes

Think of an elephant as a rabbit-eared, long-snouted sow (a.k.a. an aardvark).

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duì
team
阝 + 人
pinnacle + person
Character Notes

a person can’t reach his pinnacle without a team

"At this pinnacle event (your wedding), your people are your team." (Wedding Planner)

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xùn
instruction
讠 + 川
microphone + stream
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in a microphone: instruction for navigating the stream

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巡xún patrol
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háo
unrestrained
(亠口冖) + 豕
tiara + sow
Character Notes

Princess Bling has been called Little Miss Piggy for her unrestrained vanity.

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