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léi
thunder
⻗ + 田
weather + field
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Avoid fields in weather when you hear thunder.

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ma
yes/no?
口 + 马mǎ
mouth + horse
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Picture what comes out of the mouth of the horse is a yes/no question.

asking someone if they like horses ?

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chǎo
stir-fry
火 + 少shǎo
fire + few
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just need fire and a few tools OR just high fire for a few minutes

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idea
音yīn + 心
sound + heart
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I have an idea! "Ding!" Your heart makes a sound.

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jiā
commend
壴 + 加jiā
drummer boy + add
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The drummer boy is commended for his performance and money is added to his wages.

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huáng
resplendent
火 + 皇huáng
fire + emperor
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If you add fireworks behind the emperor, and he becomes resplendent.

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xiáng
propitious
礻 + 羊yáng
Eastern altar + sheep
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Dear Ancestors, I have brought my lucky sheep to you to favorably incline you to bless my flock with a propitious yield. (Petitioning the Ancestors)

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吉 jí lucky, 瑞 ruì auspicious

shàn
fan [n.]
户 + 羽
door + wings
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fans on either side of the door like wings

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yǎn
perform
氵 + 宀 + P
water + house + chia pet
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Picture a water music performance that sprays the walls of the theater that are covered with chia pets for acoustic purposes.

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*Slytherin
其 + 斤
laundry basket + axe
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snake in the laundry basket, axe it (this character is used for transliterations of foreign words starting with the "s" sound)

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wood, *tree
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as a component: “木字旁”

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禾 hé grain

trash [n.]
土 + 及jí
soil + yoga
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soil covering a yoga brochure in the trash

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liàn
chain [n.]
钅 + 连lián
metal + one after another
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metal links one after another

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sǔn
bamboo shoot
⺮ + 尹yǐn
bamboo + mop
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In this class campers will learn mopping techniques by mopping up spilled bamboo shoots in the kitchen.

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guō
*esophagus
口 + 内
mouth + internal
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the esophagus lead from the mouth to the interior

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呐nà

*family tree
世 + 木
generation + tree
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generations on a tree

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second, *fishing
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upside down 2

second “job” is fishing

derivative: 乚 *dental hook

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yùn
rhyme [n.]
音 + 匀yún
sound + uniform
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when the sound is uniform, it rhymes

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róng
*padding
十 + 戈
ten + rifle
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You need padding ten layers thick to protect yourself from a rifle.

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