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pòu
*comedian
立 + 口kǒu
stand up + mouth
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“Po” is Jack Black

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*thread
cocoon modified
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as a component: “绞丝旁”

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dài
sash
卅 + 冖 + 巾
30 + crown + towel
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"This princess is a beauty. Here she is the winner of a beauty pageant with a studded (30-jewel) crown and sash, her dress no bigger than a towel." (Royal Family)

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帝dì sovereign

jiàng
thick sauce
5 + 酉
chocolate turtle + whiskey bottle
Character Notes

What's in that whiskey bottle looks like a bottle of chocolate sauce, but it is actually thick soy sauce.

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shǒu
*hand
hand modified
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as a component: “提手旁”

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chuō
jab
翟 + 戈
special bird wings + rifle
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These soldiers are hungry, but they jab at the wings of the fallen bird with their rifle to make sure it isn’t an enemy trap.

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shǐ
history
口 + 乂
mouth + sheaf
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Imagine history as the history of food.

History, in the time of Joseph, was passed down by mouth, so stories often got better and more layered with meaning over time. (Bible Series)

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bīng
ice
冫bīng + 水
ice + water
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ideogram

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read
讠 + 卖
microphone + sell
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Do we have to use a microphone to sell reading?

"Extra, extra, read all about it" (to sell newspapers)

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leaf
口 + 十
mouth + ten
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“His other bad habit is leaf, ten at a time in his lower lip.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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yǐn
*stretch
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“建之旁”

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𠂉

*lying down
person modified
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piào
ticket
西 + 示
Wild West + altar
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"Buy tickets to a Wild West show featuring a shotgun wedding at the altar of the town church." (Wild West)

To the west of the altar is where they sell tickets to tour the cathedral.

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jiǎn
reduce
冫 + 咸xián
ice + salt
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To reduce the ice, sprinkle salt.

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wǎn
winding, *Cabela’s
宀 + 夗yuàn
house + nightcrawler
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Cabela's is a huge sporting goods store that sells nightcrawlers, and there is a winding road to get there.

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lèi
tears [n.]
氵 + 目
water + eye
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ideogram

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xián
worthy
(刂又)jiān + 贝
swordplay + shells
Character Notes

prove your worthiness of the prize with your swordplay

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jué or jiào
senses [n.]
Nxué + 见
schoolhouse + see
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You learn about the five senses at school, the first of which is seeing.

You often fall asleep (and can't see) when you are at school.

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bǎi
put in order
扌 + 罢bà
hand + cease
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hands cease arranging when something is put in order

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