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gǒng
two hands
hand modified
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开 kāi *open hands

solemn
肀 + C + 八
rake + crutches + animal legs
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Hunca Munca is one of Beatrix Potter's two bad mice who steal from a doll's house and then feel very solemn when caught. Here she is stealing a rake and crutches and running away.

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mèi
flatter
女 + 眉méi
woman + eyebrows
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Mother: He says the first time we met, I kept making eyebrows at him. I say, “Don’t flatter yourself.” / Daughter: You noticed my eyebrows? Wow, I’m flattered.

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raccoon dog
犭 + 里lǐ
Aesop + inside/computer
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“The Computer and the Raccoon Dog”  Raccoon Dog was making his nightly rounds to the neighborhood trash cans when he came across a computer left out on someone’e porch. Seeing the “apple” and thinking it would taste good, he pawed at it. The screen lit up! Surprised, but curious, he became absorbed by a swirling colorful screen saver. In fact, he couldn’t take his eyes off of it, and he died of starvation staring at it. Moral: Digital addiction is real. Raccoons not excepted. (Fables)

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jiān
interval
门mén + 日
gate + sun
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interval between the gate doors, sunlight peeks through

tell time using the shadow from the sun on the gate

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qún
crowd [n.]
君jūn + 羊
Trump + sheep
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Trump attracted a crowd of sheep

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jiāng
ginger
羊yáng + 女
sheep + woman
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Ginger Jiang, a shepherdess, forages for wild ginger while tending her sheep.

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wǎn
nightfall
日 + 免miǎn
sun + avoid/hare
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Hares come out when the sun goes down at nightfall.

The sun avoids nightfall.

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tán, qín
Tan/Qin
西 + 早
Wild West + sunflower
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Mr. Tan was the first person to cultivate sunflowers in the West.

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kěn
agree
止 + 月
footprint + body part
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if he doesn’t agree, leave a footprint on his body part

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hàn
regret [n.]
忄 + 感gǎn
meme + feel
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meme full of regretful feelings

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universal
並 + 日
side by side + sun
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Universal declaration of human rights, everyone stands equally side by side under the sun.

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gèn
*silver
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picture of silver bars melting

derived from: 银 yín silver

as a component: “艮字旁”

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eye
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as a component: “目字旁”

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shēng
life, *seed
丶 + 龶
drop + grow up
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picture of a seed on a plant

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liáo
cure
疒 + 了liǎo
sickness + -ed
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She was cure-ed from the sickness!

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method
氵 + 去
water + go
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A method for cooking rice: add water and push go.

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dàn
however
亻 + 旦dàn
persona + daybreak
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your persona planned on getting up at daybreak, however

However, Dan at dawn...

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zhòu
wrinkles
刍 + 皮
flying witch + covering
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This old flying witch is covered with wrinkles.

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