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xuán
suspend
县xiàn + 心
county + heart
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Picture a county fair decorated with suspended hearts.

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chòu
stinking
自 + 犬
nose + small dog
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the stinking smell of a wet Pekingese reaches your nose

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suàn
garlic
艹 + 示 + 示
flowers + altar + altar
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offer flowers to the garlic god, twice (at the beginning of the season and at the end)

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bonsai
丰 + 丨
bushes + stick
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bushes that are shaped and sometimes need a stick for support

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zēng
Zeng
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a common surname, see (曾 céng formerly, *gremlin)

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niǎo
bird
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as a component: “鸟字旁”

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乌wū crow

jiàng
descend
阝 + 夂 + 㐄
pinnacle + walking legs + unicycle
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You will begin your pinnacle descent by walking down to where the groom will meet you at the bottom on his unicycle. (Wedding Planner)

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shè
abode
𠆢 + 舌shé
umbrella + tongue
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simplest abode is tongues wagging under an umbrella

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shuǐ
water [n.], *pool of water
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derivatives: 氵*water, 冫*ice, 氺 *snowflake

as a component: “水字旁”

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by means of
𠄌 + 丶 + 人
plow + drop + person
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Picture a plow pulled by means of a person with a drop of sweat.

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grasp [v.]
扌 + 巴bā
hand + boa
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grasp the boa with your hand to kill it

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níng
calm [adj.]
宀 + 丁dīng
house + nail
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house is nailed securely to keep it calm in a storm

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máng
mango
艹 + 亡wáng
flowers + deceased
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I would gladly submit to death by mango

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shù
art
木mù + 丶
tree/wood + drop
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modern art: tree and a drop of paint

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jué
discontinue
纟 + 色
thread + color
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We've discontinued that thread color.

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duàn
section [n.]
W + 殳
staple gun + boomerang
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You repair a broken boomerang by using a staple gun to reattach the sections.

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foam
氵 + 末mò
water + last
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the last of the water that reaches the shore is foam

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zhèng
correct [v./adj.]
一 + 止
one + footprint
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make sure the first step of the journey is correct

toe the line

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kick [v.]
⻊ + 易yì
lower leg + easy
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"Mother, can I take an easy kick?" (Mother, May I?)

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