A hand excavates the rubble of Pompeii, a city that buckled under.

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alternatively: 扌+ 尸 + 出 hand + flag/corpse + exit; A hand excavates a corpse that wasn't able to exit in time.

You use your hand to dig a hole for worms for fishing.

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Alternatively: 艹 + 纟 + 日 + 皿, flowers + thread + sun + dish

A kid amasses a collection of flowers, thread in dishes all out under the sun.

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A magic wand can turn a plain tree into an ent.

A plain magic wand is made of wood.

An honest pleasure is enjoying water.

Giving a thumbs up to an earthquake would be a disgrace.

When you kneel, your lower leg is in danger of going numb.

You hand-collect praise-worthy items.

The hunter’s spear causes water and blood to gush out of the wolf.

Body parts (like hair) mingle with gum.

Thread spins, compass (needles) spin.

Fiber made of a thousand threads.

You use your hand to allocate sections of your friend's hair while braiding it.

You can’t moor when the water is white.

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You are on the water and want to moor at the white dock.

When you add fire to violent feelings, things explode.

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Treat it with a thousand hours of smoke till it is black.

We all stood together to warm by the fire.

Picture a magic wand waving over something X enclosed in a pot to infuse X with the brine it is cooking in.

There is soup being cooked over a fire and you use it to scald the vegetables.