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zhī
sesame
艹 + 之zhī
flowers + road block
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téng
rattan
艹 + 月 + 龹 + 氺
flowers + body part + quarter + snowflake
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wèi
luxuriant
艹 + 尉wèi
flowers + martyr
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Picture luxuriant flowers placed on a martyr’s grave.

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reeds
艹 + 户hù
flowers + door
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Picture a door made of reeds and decorated with flowers.

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kudzu
艹 + 曷hé
flowers + siesta
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Kudzu is fast growing, so don't take a siesta or it might kill your flowers.

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Holland
艹 + 何hé
flowers + whatwhichwhowherewhy?
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Trivia question: Holland is known for whatwhich kind of flowers?

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lái
lambsquarters
艹 + 来lái
flowers + come
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As a weed, lambsquarters keeps coming and coming, but it is actually cultivated for food by North American indigenous populations.

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wěi
wilt
艹 + 委wěi
flowers + committee
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Picture a committee waiting so long that their flowers wilt.

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jùn
fungus
艹 + 囗 + 禾
flowers + enclose + grain
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Flowers or fungus grow on enclosed grain.

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màn
creeping vine
艹 + 曼màn
flowers + drawn out/mandala
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Picture a creeping vine growing out and flowering in all directions from the center like a mandala.

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jiǎn
cocoon
艹 + 虫
flowers + insect
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Flowers cover the insect’s cocoon.

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幺 yāo *cocoon

fāng
aromatic
艹 + 方fāng
flowers + direction/compass
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The aroma from different flowers draws you in different directions in a garden.

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bodhisattva
艹 + 咅pǒu
flowers + comedian
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Picture flowers on the head of Kung Fu Panda as he poses as bodhisattva.

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lěi
new bud
艹 + 雷léi
flowers + thunder
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Picture new buds opening into flowers every time the thunder claps.

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exacting
艹 + 可kě
flowers + can
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Flowers can be arranged according to an exacting pattern.

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gǒu
careless
艹 + 句
flowers + sentence
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Don’t get careless with flowery sentences or you’ll end up looking less intelligent.

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herd
牛 + 攵pū
cow + taskmaster
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Cows need a taskmaster when they are herded.

“You groomsmen are like a herd of cows. You need a taskmaster!” (Wedding Planner)

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méi
small objects
木 + 攵
wood + taskmaster
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Taskmaster, where are the small wooden objects for the display?” (Wedding Planner)

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ài
pass [n]
阝 + 益yì
pinnacle + benefit
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A navigable pass between two pinnacles is a great benefit to travelers.

The pinnaclebenefit to using her services is that you can pass through your important day without a worry.

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