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ha!
口 + 合hé
mouth + fit
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In the dressing room: “Ha!” when it doesn’t fit. OR "Ha! It fit." (Trumpeter Wu)

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chuān
stream
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huàn
exchange
扌 + 奂huàn
hand + actor
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A Beijing opera actor uses his hand to quickly exchange masks in center stage.

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tyrant
⻗ + 革 + 月
weather + leather + body part/moon
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when weather is the tyrant in your life, leather is the best protection for your body parts

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jiū
*horn
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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
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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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