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zhàn
war
占zhān + 戈
tell fortunes + rifle
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The fortune tellers of the day predicted the number of rifles would determine the outcome of the war.

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huái
cherish
忄 + 不
meme + no
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You post a meme of the song “Cherish Is the Word” and get the response "No!!"

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*beekeeper
虫 + 田 + 冂
insect + field + hood
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beekeeper cares for insects in the field, protected by a hood

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yíng
greet
卬áng + 辶
collection of originals + road
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"Greet the Collection of Originals: Part of the New Deal is a Federal Art Project that will employ over 10,000 artists and establish over 100 community art centers where the public can greet the collections of originals commissioned during this time period." (1930's On the Road)

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zhuàng
bump into
扌 + 童
hand + juvenile
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using a hand, a juvenile plays marbles that bump into each other

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cuì
fragile
月 + 危wēi
body part + danger
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body part in danger of breaking is fragile

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huá
slippery
氵 + 骨
water + bone
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slippery when wet, easy to break a bone

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suí
as you wish
阝 + 有 + 辶
pinnacle + possess + road
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A groom’s pinnacle display of the ‘as you wish’ attitude toward the bride is allowing her to possess the road. She comes down the aisle, not him.

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diàn
electricity
日 + 乚
sun + hook
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a lightning bolt is like a streak of electricity from the sun

picture of a kite

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bài
adore
手 + 一 + 丰
hand + ceiling + bushes
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hand holding a smoking bush (incense), smoke rising to the ceiling

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qín
diligent
堇jǐn + 力
leather rug + muscle
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diligently tear away the edges of the leather rug with your muscle to make it perfectly round

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membrane
月 + 莫mò
body part + mirage
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a membrane is a body part that seems a little like a mirage because it is translucent

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huò
misfortune
礻 + 呙guō
Eastern altar + esophagus
Character Notes

Dear Ancestors, an esophagus misfortune has come upon this family. Please bless the surgery goes well. (Petitioning the Ancestors)

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liǔ
willow
木 + 卯
tree + sealed and notarized
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sealed and notarized original of a willow tree ink painting

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juàn
dependents
龹juàn + 目
quarter + eye
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a quarter of your dependents have blue eyes

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times past
龷 + 日
flower arrangement + sun/day
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Sun-dried flower arrangements represent the glory of times past, a memory of this day forever on your shelf.

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waaah!
口 + 圭
mouth + bricks
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You hear a shattering cry like bricks coming out of a mouth: waaah!

“Lean on the brick wall, and you can feel his waaah!” (Trumpeter Wu)

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cóng
follow
人 + 人
person + person
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one person following another

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zhàng
swell [v.]
氵 + 张zhāng
water + stretch
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An excess of water stretches the skin and you swell.

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