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group [n.]
纟 + 且
thread + shelves
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quilting group organizes their thread on shelves

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consult with
次cì + 口
next + mouth
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“next, next, next” getting endless advice from consultants

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suǒ
large rope
L + 糸
chapel + fine silk
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The large rope in chapels is made of fine silk.

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lóu
multistory building
木 + 娄lóu
wood + bride
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throwing rice on the bride from the second story of a wooden building

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pín
impoverished
分 + 贝
part + shells
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You are impoverished when you only have a part of the shells you need to survive.

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yàn
testing [v.]
马 + 佥qiān
horse + barn
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You are testing the horses in the barn for race readiness.

The tested horses know to return to the barn.

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fàn
criminal
犭 + 㔾
Aesop + worm
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“The Criminal, ‘The Worm’”  When Shanghai Disney was built, the park knew a key to its success was protecting its intellectual property and only allowing official Disney merchandise to be sold inside the park. They were baffled, then, when shortly after the park opened, they caught vendors selling fake goods to park-goers who were waiting in line. They questioned all of their carefully-trained employees, and eventually discovered the criminal: “The Worm” who had dug a tunnel under the park fence and snuck in fake goods overnight. Moral: You can’t worm your way to wealth. (Fables)

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shū
comb [n.]
木 + 㐬
wood + bridge
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uses a wooden comb for a comb-over that makes a bridge from one side of his head to the other

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zhuō
table
卜 + 日 + 木
magic wand + sun + tree/wood
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wizard’s table: tree stump with sun carving

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卓zhuó eminent

take
耳 + 又
ear + right hand
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take someone by their ear with your right hand

when you hear the sound of money at the ATM, use right hand to take it

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cháng
taste [v.]
龸shàng + 云
playhouse + cloud
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Picture kids playing, tasting the clouds.

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xué
*schoolhouse
⺍ + 宀
owl + house
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desire [n./v.]
谷gǔ + 欠
valley + lack/yawn
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His desire for the girl from the valley eventually is lacking and he is yawning.

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jiong
*dementor
冂 + 丶丶 + 口
hood + 2 drops + mouth
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This is a hooded dementor with sunken eyes and mouth.

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xié
shoes
革 + 圭
leather + bricks
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shoes made of leather, need them to walk on bricks

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*siesta
日 + 勹 + 人 + h
sun + bound up + person + “hammock”
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sun above, person bound up in a hammock taking a siesta

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jiàn
tread on
足 + 戋jiān
lower leg + machine gun
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Picture someone treading on the machine gun of a fallen comrade.

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gùn
club [n.]
木 + 昆kūn
wood + descendants
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wooden club used to beat descendants

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zhōu
porridge
弓 + 米
2 bows + rice
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You make porridge with rice and add in some meat that you shot with your bows.

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