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榨

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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抛

pāo
toss
扌 + 九 + 力
hand + nine + muscle
Character Notes

Picture your hand using nine muscles to toss a ball.

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兜

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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俊

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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佣

yōng
put to work
亻 + 用yòng
persona + Little Red Riding Hood
Character Notes

Picture your persona putting LRRH to work as a guide through the woods.

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诈

zhà
swindle
讠 + 乍zhà
microphone + saw
Character Notes

You know you've been swindled when you plug in the microphone, and it makes a sawing sound.

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睹

dǔ
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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魅

mèi
enchant
鬼 + 未wèi
ghost + not yet
Character Notes

Ghosts that don’t yet have bodies can enchant and tempt.

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漏

lòu
leak [v]
氵 + 尸 + 雨
water + flag + rain
Character Notes

The flag or tarp is leaking, so the rain water is getting through.

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庞

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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挡

dǎng
fend off
扌 + 当dāng
hand + work as
Character Notes

You use your hand to fend off compliments, saying "不敢当."

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患

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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瞬

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

In an instant, before my eye, flashed Cirque du Soleil performers coming out of a birdhouse.

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惑

huò
be bewildered
或huò + 心
or + heart
Character Notes

When you are bewildered, there is a a lot of this OR that in your heart.

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恢

huī
immense
忄 + 灰huī
meme + ashes
Character Notes

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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稿

gǎo
draft [n]
禾 + 高gāo
grain + tall
Character Notes

The first draft of the Eiffel Tower was shaped like a tall stalk of grain.

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簿

bù
register [n]
竹 + 氵 + 尃fū
bamboo + water + thumbprick
Character Notes

Picture a register kept on bamboo strips. To make it waterproof, the thumbprints are stamped with blood.

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缓

huǎn
unhurried
纟 + 爰yuán
thread + flock
Character Notes

A thread caught on the flock’s feet slows them down to what looks like an unhurried pace.

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泛

fàn
nonspecific
氵 + 乏fá
water + weary
Character Notes

When you are water weary, your thoughts are nonspecific.

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