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take captive
虍hǔ + 力lì
tiger + muscle
Character Notes

The tiger's muscle ripples as it takes its prey captive.

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xué
laugh aloud
口 + 虍 + 豕
mouth + tiger + sow
Character Notes

We laughed aloud at the zoo in Thailand where there was a mother sow nursing baby tigers.

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xīn
wick
艹 + 心xīn
flowers + heart
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The gift of flowers acted a wick to light the flame of love in her heart.

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reputation
兴 + 言
excitement + speech
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Excitement over her speech gives the speaker a good reputation.

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kān
tolerate
土 + 甚
soil + laundry chute
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The laundry chute can tolerate a little soil. (It collects at the bottom and therefore doesn't go into the washing machine.)

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xūn
intoxicated
 酉 + 熏xūn
whiskey bottle + treat with smoke
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Her favorite way to intoxication is drinking smoked whiskey.

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jiǎn
long truncheon
钅 + 间jiān
metal + interval
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A truncheon is a metal stick used as a weapon. Picture it marked with notches at intervals.

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liner
舟 + 白bái
boat + white
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Picture a brand-new white cruise liner.

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in detail
纟 + 娄lóu
thread + bride
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Picture the detailed embroidered thread on a bride's veil.

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niàng
brew
酉 + 良liáng
whiskey bottle + halo
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Picture a whiskey brew is so special, it glows with a halo.

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crouch
⻊ + 居jū
lower leg + reside
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When you crouch, you reside on your lower leg.

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contract [n]
丰 + 刀 + 大
bushes + knife + large dog
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Primitive contracts: dogs pee on bushes to mark territory and humans carve with knives into tree trunks.

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dào
unhulled rice
禾 + 舀yǎo
grain + carrion
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The unhulled rice is tossed in the compost with the carrion.

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tuì
molt
虫 + 兑duì
insect + convert/devil
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When an insect molts, it often converts into a new form.

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mǎng
rude
艹 + 犬 + 廾
flowers + small dog + two hands
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Picture using two hands to restrain a rude small dog trying to trample the flowers.

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jīng
a type of shrub
艹 + 刑xíng
flowers + punishment
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This type of shrub produces lavender flowers and its branches are used in beatings as punishment.

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wèi
console
尉wèi + 心
martyr + heart
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We must console the hearts of the martyr’s family.

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figure of speech
口 + 俞yú
mouth + slaughterhouse
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Picture a mouth saying “Slaughterhouse 5” has become a figure of speech.

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bǎng
truss [v.]
纟 + 邦bāng
thread + nation
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We need to truss together the broken threads of our nation.

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