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工

gōng
work [n.], *I-beam
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derivative: *经 *crane

as a component: “工字旁”

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择

zé
select [v.]
扌 + Z
hand + performance bouquet
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Picture a hand selecting the perfect performance bouquet.

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题

tí
topic
是 + 页
is + head/page
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The topic is written on the head of the first page: To Be.

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提tí bring up
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位

wèi
position [n.]
亻 + 立
persona + stand up
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when a persona of position comes in, you stand up

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敖

áo
*playboy
龶 + 万 + 攵
grow up + ten thousand + taskmaster
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Despite having grown up with tens of thousands of tutors, coaches, trainers (taskmasters), this playboy rejected all their advice and does his own thing.

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静

jìng
quiet
青qīng + 争zhēng
green-blue + contend
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Picture the quiet after the storm, clear green-blue skies after contention.

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连

lián
one after another
车 + 辶
vehicle + road
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One after Another Vehicles: Families are loading their vehicles, and one after another they are fleeing Oklahoma. (1930's On the Road)

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轮

lún
wheel
车 + 仑lún
vehicle + lifeguard
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You use the lifeguard’s ring buoy as a spare wheel for a vehicle that broke down at the beach.

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氏

shì
clan
丿 + 𠄌 + w
slash + plow + "weapon"
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family crest: slash your land with a plow and defend your clan with a weapon (弋-丶)

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愿

yuàn
wish [n.]
原yuán + 心
original + heart
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What was the original wish of your heart?

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资

zī
assets
次cì + 贝
next + shells
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“Next, next, next,” you are counting your shells, or your assets.

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备

bèi
prepare
夂 + 田
walking legs + field
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preparing for spring planting, walking around the fields

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江

jiāng
Yangtze
氵 + 工
water + I-beam/work
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The Yangtze is a working river.

Picture the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze built of I-beams.

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袁

yuán
Yuan
土 + 口 + 𧘇
soil + mouth + scarf
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Picture a man named Yuan, silenced with soil and mouth tied with a scarf.

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返

fǎn
go back
反fǎn + 辶
against + road
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Go Back Against: As Okies flow west, legislators from California go east, back against the flow, to Washington to demand support for migrants. (1930's On the Road)

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靴

xuē
boots
革 + 化
leather + transform
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boots have transformed from leather to rubber

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悉

xī
be informed
釆 + 心xīn
droppings + heart
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The droppings inform your heart where to go.

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豆

dòu
beans
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恶

è
evil [n./adj.]
亚yà + 心
Asia + heart
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Asian black-hearted bosses

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