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guàn
string of shells
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tián
fill in
土 + 真
soil + true
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You can fill in forms with soil or the truth.

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chú
*flying witch
⺈ + 彐
mask + broom
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This masked witch flies on a magic broom.

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bèi
*Sunday school
L + 子
chapel + child
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Sunday School is the class at the chapel that the children attend. (Bible Series)

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丿

piě
*slash
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gōng
bow [n.]
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derivative: 丂 *broken bow

as a component: “弓字旁”

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fēng
seal
圭 + 寸
bricks + thumb
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You use bricks to weigh down the adhesive and then your thumb to seal it.

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ooh!
平 + 亅
even + hook
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Ooh! The scale tipped!

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fán
vexed
火 + 页
fire + head
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vexed: picture of fire coming off a head

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qiāng
gun
木 + 仓cāng
wood + storehouse
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wooden storehouse of guns OR someone hides behind a tree with a gun to overtake the storehouse

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jìng
clean [adj.]
冫 + 争zhēng
ice + contend
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clean the ice before the hockey contention

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lǎn
view [v.], *spectator
D + 见
bamboo sword + see
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Task three: become a spectator of others completing tasks with bamboo swords—see if they do it right.

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kuān
wide
宀 + 艹 + 见
house + flowers + see
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WIDE LOAD on the back of a glass house, where you can see the flowers inside.

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àn
dark [adj.]
日 + 音yīn
sun + sound
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Picture the dark emptiness of outer space with no sun or sound.

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xuān
*chatterbox
口 + 口
mouth + mouth
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"ideogram"

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táo
wash in a container
氵 + 匋táo
water + lidded clay pot
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ideogram

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shāng
wound [n.]
亻 + 𠂉 + 力
persona + lying down + muscle
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Your persona is lying down to rest her wounded muscle.

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juān
contribute
扌 + 肙yuàn
hand + mouth + month
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offer a hand to contribute to feed someone every month

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*fairy house
艹 + 合
flowers + fit
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Flowers fit together into a fairy house.

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