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dài
loan [n.]
代dài + 贝
substitute for + shells
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A loan is a substitute for your shells.

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kǎi
incensed
忄 + 既
meme + flight attendant
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Picture a meme of an incensed flight attendant.

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qià
just right
忄 + 合
meme + fit
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Picture a meme of jeans that fit just right.

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inception
纟 + 者
thread + hero
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In the movie Inception, the hero places the thread of an idea into someone's head.

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recount
余yú + 又
excess + right hand
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When recounting stories, he excessively uses right hand gestures.

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gēng
thick soup
羔 + 美
lamb + beautiful
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Picture a thick lamb soup in a beautiful pot.

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jiāng
thick liquid
5jiāng + 水
chocolate turtle + water
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If a chocolate turtle melts in a pool of water, you get a thick liquid.

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sport [v.]
女 + 喜xǐ
woman + joyful
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One thing that brings a woman joy is to sport with her children.

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covet
女 + 疾jí
woman + rapid
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Mother: A woman coveting her neighbor’s husband rapidly leads to problems. / Daughter: I found myself coveting my co-worker’s rapid rise to management.

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lào
flood
氵 + 劳láo
water + labor
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When there is a flood of water, it requires labor to clean it up.

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sòng
read aloud
讠 + 甬yǒng
microphone + hunter
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You use a microphone to read aloud the story of Little Red Riding Hood's hunter.

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féi
calf (of leg)
月 + 非fēi
body part + jail cell
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Picture someone's calf getting stuck in the bars of their jail cell.

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Matteo
王 + 马mǎ
jewel + horse
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This character is used to transliterate foreign names into Chinese characters. The keyword "Matteo" refers to Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), a Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China.

Picture Matteo Ricci riding a horse into the Forbidden City and being offered jewels from the emperor for his services.

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殿

diàn
ceremonial hall
尸 + 共 + 殳
flag + together + boomerang
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Picture a ceremonial hall where people are gathered together under a flag to participate in a boomerang ceremony.

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fèn
dung
米 + 共
rice + together
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Picture rice mashed together inside the animal into dung.

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shǐ
excrement
尸shī + 米
corpse + rice
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Rice coming out of a body is excrement.

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diān
weigh with the hand
扌 + 店diàn
hand + store
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The store clerk uses her hand to weigh the fruit.

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kǎn
outspoken
亻 + 口 + 川
persona + mouth + stream
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Picture your outspoken persona's mouth with a stream of words coming out of it.

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cuò
arrange
扌 + 昔
hand + times past
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Alternatively: 扌+ 龷 + 日 hand + flower arrangement + sun; You use your hand to arrange the dried (in the sun) flowers.

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