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kǒng
fear [v.]
工gōng + 凡 + 心
work/I-beam + ordinary + heart
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in my heart I fear the work of an ordinary laborer

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region
匚 + 乂
box + sheaf/X
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mark boxes on a map with X’s indicating different regions

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xiě
write
冖 + 与
crown + offer/slingshot
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written offer of marriage from the crown

"The Crown Prince is learning to write at a desk, but his slingshot is underneath." (Royal Family)

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chǎng
spacious
尚shàng + 攵
esteem + taskmaster
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esteemed taskmaster gets a spacious office (with a little Yoda on her shelf)

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shū
sparse
疋 + 㐬liú
Spartan Race + bridge
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There is sparse vegetation under the bridge that ends the Spartan race.

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mài
stride
万 + 辶
ten thousand + road
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hit your stride on the road at ten thousand steps;, Stride Ten Thousand: The New Deal offers new hope to millions out of work. Government-created jobs encourage the country to stride forward into a new era, take ten thousands steps forward.

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shuì
tax
禾 + 兑duì
grain + devil
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Sometimes having a portion of your grain harvest go to taxes feels like paying the devil.

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cān
dine
卜 + 夕 + 又 + 食
magic wand + evening + right hand + food
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"A true Disney dining experience (Be Our Guest) requires: a little magic, evening time, and eating the food with your right hand." (Disney Map)

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kuài
fast [adj.]
忄 + 夬guài
meme + Iron Man
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meme of Iron Man zooming by so fast

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bow one’s head
亻 + 府fǔ
persona + government office
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your persona bows her head at the government office to get her paycheck/tax rebate

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zuì
most [adv.]
日 + 取
sun + take
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You can take the most from the sun and keep taking.

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xiào
laugh [v.]
⺮ + 夭yāo
bamboo + die young
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"In this contest, the team who gets the most laughs performing a skit about bamboo causing premature death will win." (Camp Bamboo)

laughing panda with squinted eyes, no bamboo, so he dies young

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butterfly (front end)
虫 + 胡hú
insect + goatee
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butterfly has a goatee on his front end

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shí
ten, *needle
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as a component: “十字旁” or “十字头”

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cūn
village
木 + 寸cùn
tree + thumb
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a wooden village of green thumbs OR village in miniature: trees the size of thumbs

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yuè
delighted
忄 + 兑
meme + devil
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a meme of the devil laughing in delight

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*boss
口 + 丨 + 口
mouth + stick + mouth
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The worst kind of boss has two mouths and a stick.

This character kind of looks like a capital B.

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thorn
朿cì + 刂
thorn + sword
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A thorn pokes like a sword.

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shàn
act without authority
扌 + 亶dǎn
hand + Mr. Hyde
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hands of Mr. Hyde acting without authority at night

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