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zhù
author [v.]
艹 + 者zhě
flowers + hero
Character Notes

The hero is honored as an author with a floral wreath. (The Hero of the Wild West)

The wedding florist is the author of your flower hero story. Yes, flowers can be the hero of a wedding, authoring a fairy tale event. (Wedding Planner)

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P

*chia pet
一 + 由 + 八
ceiling + sprout + animal legs
Character Notes

an indoor sprouting animal

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encounter
禺yú + 辶
beekeeper + road
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Encountering a Beekeeper: Human kindness can still be found. A family, who is headed west, encounters a beekeeper on the road and enjoys a sticky treat. (1930's On the Road)

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tán
Tan-2
讠 + 覃tán
microphone + Tan/Qin
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We'd like to welcome to the show the biographer of Mr. Tan, the first person in the West to cultivate sunflowers. She is Ms. Tan, Tan's granddaughter.

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married woman
女 + 彐
woman + broom
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Mother: As a married woman, I think of my broom as my scepter (or the way to escape the house at night). / Daughter: Everyone was so nervous to give anything practical (like a broom) to me as a married woman in fear that I would take it as sexist, but to be fair, we also both came into the marriage with our own brooms.

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夫 fū husband

bent
由 + 丨
sprout + stick
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A sprout bends and needs a support stick.

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jiān
firm
Ujiān + 土
swordplay + soil
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practicing swordplay gives you a firm foundation (like the ground)

alternatively: 刂 + 又 + 土 sword + again + soil: "Foiled again!" Throw your sword on the soil: "Now I have a firm resolve to..."

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liú
pomegranate
木 + 留liú
tree + stay
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the other trees can go, but the pomegranate tree stays

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yāo
die young
丿 + 大
slash + large
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a large slash led to an early death, but hopefully is going to heaven

large guy dies young, head slumped

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天tiān heavens

liù
six
亠 + 八
top hat + eight
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top hats go out at six and return at eight

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Z

*performance bouquet
又 + 1
right hand + bouquet
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dǎo
island
鸟niǎo + 山
bird + mountain
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birds (with tails tucked) stop on the mountain of the island to rest during migration

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wéi
maintain
纟 + 隹zhuī
thread + special bird
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use thread to maintain control over the turkey or at least its legs during roasting

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base [n.]
其qí + 土
laundry basket + soil
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base camp has the laundry facilities to wash off the soil

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S

mǎo
*letter opener
T + 刀dāo
envelope + knife
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letter opener is an "envelope knife"

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zhàng
barrier
阝 + 章zhāng
pinnacle + chapter
Character Notes

Pinnacle Weddings finds a certain chapter in the book Owning Your Wedding a barrier to success.

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sneeze
口 + 疐dì
mouth + stumble
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A sneeze causes Yakov to stumble as he gets to the field behind the chapel.

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thirsty
氵 + 曷hé
water + siesta
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wake up from your siesta thirsty, need water

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pagoda
土 + 荅dā
soil + fairy house
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pagoda built of soil after the design of a fairy house

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