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alternative breakdown: 冂+艹 hood + flowers

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zhòng
multitude
人 + 从cóng
person + follow
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People follow the crowd (the multitude).

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miè
extinguish
一 + 火
ceiling + fire
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ideogram

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cāi
guess
犭 + 青
Aesop + green-blue
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Green or Blue: You Guess” If you were asked to guess the future, where would you look for answers? Perhaps into a clear pool of water. Picture gazing into a green-blue pool and the light is just so to allow you to see a reflection of yourself. Moral: The most accurate predictor of your future is a green-blue mirror. (Fables)

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fàn
meal
饣 + 反fǎn
food + converse
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Kids want the converse of meals; they only want snack food.

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jiē
welcome [v.]
扌 + 立 + 女
hand + stand up + woman
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Mother: I was taught that when a woman comes in the room, to welcome her, men should reach out their hand and stand up. / Daughter: I love standing at the school gate to welcome my kid with a hug.

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bài
fail
贝bèi + 攵
shells + taskmaster
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She will not fail, she cannot fail, or there will be no shells for the taskmaster.

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rising sun
九 + 日
nine + sun
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After Hou Yi had shot the nine other suns, the remaining sun could still rise without scorching the earth.

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shì
is
旦 + 龰zhǐ
daybreak + trail of footprints
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Picture yourself at daybreak at the beach drawing in the sand with your feet.

alternatively: 日 + 下 + 人 sun + below + person, The person is below the sun.

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jīng
sparkling
日 + 日 + 日
sun + sun + sun
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like crystal sparkling in the sun

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hèn
hate
忄 + 艮gēn
meme + silver
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A meme with silver-streaked hair: "Hate the silver!"

"The failed silver miners went home to the hate of their families, who felt duped in their desperate circumstances." (Silver Mining)

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jiān
arduous
又 + 艮gēn
right hand + silver
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The silver mining work was arduous often done with bare hands.

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*taskmaster
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as a component: “反文旁”

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女 nǚ woman, 夂 zhǐ walking legs

chén
exhibit [v.]
阝 + 东dōng
pinnacle + east/rickshaw
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The pinnacle entrance to the ceremony will be Miss Chen exhibited on a rickshaw.

耳东陈

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beer
口 + 卑
mouth + lowly
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the lowly alcohol

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answer [v.]
⺮ + 合
bamboo + fit
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"In this class students will get answers to a tangram by fitting various bamboo shapes into a frame." (Camp Bamboo)

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gāo
lamb
羊 + 灬
sheep + cooking fire
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One law God’s people are asked to obey is sacrifice. They are to take their best lamb and burn it on the altar to God. (Bible Series)

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nuò
promise [n.]
讠 + 若ruò
microphone + as if
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in microphone: as if I’m going to believe your promise!

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kǎn
chop
石 + 欠
stone + lack/yawn
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using a stone to chop wood when you lack better tools

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