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overcome [v.]
十 + 兄
ten/needle/cross + teenager
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Teenager takes 10 o’clock chocolate break in order to overcome. OR The needle has overcome the teenager (shooting up with chocolate). 巧克力qiǎokèlì chocolate OR The teenager has been overcome by Christ.

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huàng
sway [v.]
日 + 光guāng
sun + ray
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You sway when you are under the sun and the rays are too strong

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shū
hub
木 + 区qū
tree/wood + region
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Redwood City is a regional hub for technology

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làng
breakers
氵 + 良liáng
water + halo
Character Notes

One of Jesus’s most famous miracles is calming the breakers of the stormy Sea of Galilee. (Bible Series)

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witch
工 + 人 + 人
work/I-beam + person + person
Character Notes

This looks like a witch costume with two voodoo dolls hanging on the inside of her cape.

A witchworks” on people.

Imagine a witch who cursed 2 people to forever carry I-beams.

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dèng
bench
登dēng + 几
ascend + wind
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Picture the wind ascending the steps to the porch and knocking over the bench by the door.

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fēng
bee
虫 + 夆féng
insect + briars
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insects among the rose briars are bees

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guǎn
pipe
⺮ + 官guān
bamboo + bureaucrat
Character Notes

This game will mimic the bureaucracy side of plumbing—passing responsibility down the bamboo pipeline.

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tóng
copper
钅 + 同tóng
metal + same
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Are the back of all the pennies the same?

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zhuī
*special bird
Character Notes

Choose a "special bird" that is memorable to you to distinguish this component from 鸟 niǎo bird. A special bird to Americans is the turkey.

as a component: “隹字旁”

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鸟 niǎo bird

qiǎn
*pit
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shì
force [n.]
执zhí + 力
clench + muscle
Character Notes

Force of habit makes him clench his muscle.

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night
亠 + 亻 + 夂 + 丶
top hat + persona + walking legs + drop
Character Notes

Picture your persona in a top hat sleep walking at night because she needs to go to the bathroom.

Or, maybe your persona likes to go out walking at night in a top hat for a drop of something.

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chuǎn
*Cirque du Soleil
夕 + 㐄
evening + unicycle
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evening performance involving unicycles

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chéng
turn into
刀 + 戊
knife + cannon
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When does a knife fight turn into a cannon fight? When a bully becomes president.

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jiàn
build
聿 + 廴
writing brush + stretch
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To build: an architect first plans with a writing brush, then stretches it into reality.

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lán
basket
⺮ + 监jiān
bamboo + supervise
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"Task two: make bamboo baskets while supervising the food dish." (Camp Bamboo)

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guī
*bricks
土 + 土
soil + soil
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soil pressed together makes bricks

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guò
cross [v.]
寸 + 辶
thumb + road
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"Cross (Town) with Your Thumb: Without money for transportation, many who hit the road have to rely on hitchhiking to get them to the next place." (1930's On the Road)

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