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shùn
instant
目 + M + 舛
eye + birdhouse + Cirque du Soleil
Character Notes

In an instant, before my eye, flashed Cirque du Soleil performers coming out of a birdhouse.

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huò
be bewildered
或huò + 心
or + heart
Character Notes

When you are bewildered, there is a a lot of this OR that in your heart.

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huī
immense
忄 + 灰huī
meme + ashes
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Picture a meme that goes from a small pile of ashes to an immense one that rises up into a restored body.

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稿

gǎo
draft [n]
禾 + 高gāo
grain + tall
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The first draft of the Eiffel Tower was shaped like a tall stalk of grain.

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簿

register [n]
竹 + 氵 + 尃fū
bamboo + water + thumbprick
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Picture a register kept on bamboo strips. To make it waterproof, the thumbprints are stamped with blood.

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huǎn
unhurried
纟 + 爰yuán
thread + flock
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A thread caught on the flock’s feet slows them down to what looks like an unhurried pace.

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fàn
nonspecific
氵 + 乏fá
water + weary
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When you are water weary, your thoughts are nonspecific.

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pān
climb
林 + 乂 + 大 + 手
woods + "ropes" + large dog + hand
Character Notes

Picture climbing a ropes course in the woods with crossing ropes, a St Bernard running beneath barking encouragement and a high five at the end.

Alternatively: 樊fán + 手 a fence + hand

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rán
ignite
火 + 然rán
fire + sort of thing
Character Notes

Use any sort of thing that fire will ignite.

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xiàn
get stuck
阝 + 臽xiàn
pinnacle + trap
Character Notes

The pinnacle of a trap's function is for the desired object to get stuck.

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kuà
straddle
足 + 夸kuā
lower leg + brag
Character Notes

You brag how you can still straddle a horse as you throw your lower leg over.

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kuā
brag
大 + 亏kuī
large dog + loss
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When someone is bragging about the size of their St Bernard, you can assume it is less than is said (minus 5).

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bind fast
纟 + 尃fū
thread + thumb prick
Character Notes

After a thumb prick, you must bind fast the wound with thread.

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go against
屰nì + 辶
devil's pitchfork + road
Character Notes

The devil with his pitchfork stands in the middle of the road. Do you dare go against him? Or are you already a rebel with a devil-may-care attitude that has gone against norms?

Go Against the Devil’s Pitchfork: This preacher feels that to go against the right road is to follow the devil's pitchfork. (1930's On the Road)

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qǐng
100 Chinese acres
匕 + 页
spoon/person sitting + page/head
Character Notes

Think of this image from Winnie the Pooh's 100 Acre Woods: Robin sitting next to Pooh's stuck head.

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qīng
incline [v]
亻 + 顷qǐng
persona + 100 Chinese acres
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Your persona inclines her head to see the 100 Acre Wood park.

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miáo
describe
扌 + 苗miáo
hand + seedling
Character Notes

Use your hands expressively when you describe the new seedling.

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hán
culvert
氵 + 函hán
water + letter
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He is so upset, he drops the Dear John letter into the water of the culvert.

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hán
letter
了 +氺 + 凵
-ed + snowflake + pit
Character Notes

You receive a letter that includes snowflakes, but they melt-ed (luckily it was a waterproof envelope).

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