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zhǒu
elbow
月 + 寸
body part + thumb
Character Notes

Your elbow is a body part that bends like a thumb.

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quán
recover
疒 + 全quán
sickness + whole
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To recover means to go from sickness to being whole again.

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hàn
joggle
扌 + 感gǎn
hand + feel
Character Notes

Use you hand to joggle the Boggle board until it feels settled.

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biàn
differentiate
辡biàn + 刂
counter attack + sword
Character Notes

Unfortunately, a sword can cut through the counter attack of words to differentiate who is serious.

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zhà
extract
木 + 窄zhǎi
tree/wood + strait
Character Notes

Trees have been extracted to make a strait passageway to the hut.

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pāo
toss
扌 + 九 + 力
hand + nine + muscle
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Picture your hand using nine muscles to toss a ball.

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dōu
pocket
白 + 匚 + 儿
white + box + human legs
Character Notes

This could be a picture of a white bib with a pocket, keeping the human clean.

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jùn
handsome
亻 + 夋qūn
persona + city park
Character Notes

Picture your persona in a city park looking for handsome men.

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yōng
put to work
亻 + 用yòng
persona + Little Red Riding Hood
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Picture your persona putting LRRH to work as a guide through the woods.

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zhà
swindle
讠 + 乍zhà
microphone + saw
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You know you've been swindled when you plug in the microphone, and it makes a sawing sound.

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behold
目 + 者
eye + hero
Character Notes

Heroes are in the eye of the beholder.

The eye of the hero beholds his audience as he recounts his adventures.

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mèi
enchant
鬼 + 未wèi
ghost + not yet
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Ghosts that don’t yet have bodies can enchant and tempt.

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lòu
leak [v]
氵 + 尸 + 雨
water + flag + rain
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The flag or tarp is leaking, so the rain water is getting through.

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páng
huge
广guǎng + 龙
cave + dragon
Character Notes

Dragon, who is huge, comes out of the cave to protect Minli.

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dǎng
fend off
扌 + 当dāng
hand + work as
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You use your hand to fend off compliments, saying "不敢."

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huàn
troubles
串chuàn + 心
string together/kebab + heart
Character Notes

Your heart is pierced through with troubles like a kebab.

Ol’ Man Trouble singing his bleeding heart blues while BBQing kebabs.

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