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kuài
chopsticks
⺮ + 快kuài
bamboo + fast
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"In this class campers will learn to use bamboo chopsticks fast, like Mr. Miyagi." (Camp Bamboo)

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valley
八 + 𠆢 + 口
animal legs + umbrella + mouth
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a picture of the mouth of a valley

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piāo
flutter
票piào + 风
ticket + windstorm
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ticket in a windstorm will flutter

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zhuō
catch [v.]
扌 + 足
hand + lower leg
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use hand to catch someone by their lower leg

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tuō
undress
月 + 兑
body part + devil
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Undress, reveal body parts, bring out the devil

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grant [v.]
贝 + 易
shells + easy
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shallow prayer: grant me easy money

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wàng
forget
亡wáng + 心
deceased + heart
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when a memory "deceases" in your heart, you have forgotten it

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zhuì
plunge [v.]
队duì + 土
team + soil
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you go down with the team (plunge into the soil) OR The bride pictures her team plunging into a ditch which she is covering with soil.

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jiù
rescue
求qiú + 攵
request + taskmaster
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It is my request, taskmaster, that you rescue my daughter from herself. (Wedding Planner)

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look forward to
𠆢 + 止
umbrella + footprint
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as you hold an umbrella over the dinosaur footprint you just found, you look forward to announcing your discovery

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tasks
夂 + 力
walking legs + muscle
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A server does tasks like walking around using muscle to hold up trays.

Errands/tasks take walking legs of muscle.

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gān
sweet, *basket
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廿niàn twenty

commonplace [adj.]
石 + 录lù
stone + record
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commonplace to use stones anciently to record important information

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yàn
gorgeous
丰 + 色
bushes + color
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Picture gorgeous bushes of many colors.

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goatee
古gǔ + 月
ancient + moon
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ancient moon with a goatee

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qiū
autumn
禾 + 火
grain + fire
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grain is the color of fire in the autumn

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gòu
frame [v.]
木 + 勾gōu
wood + cross out
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wooden frame, cross off list of art once it is framed

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duplicate [v.]
𠂉 + 日 + 夂
lying down + sun + walking legs
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lie your paper down on the copier and the sun inside walks by to duplicate it

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bān
relocate
扌 + 般bān
hand + sort
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Your hand points to the map, deciding what sort of place you want to relocate to.

Alternatively: 扌+ 舟 + 殳 hand + boat + boomerang

Picture yourself using your hand to pack your boat for your relocation, including your boomerang.

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