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jiāo
mingle
亠 + 父
top hat + father
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fathers disguised as top hats mingling at a party

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diào
dangle
口 + 巾
mouth + towel
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piece of napkin dangles from your mouth OR “a banner dangled below” (his horn) (Trumpeter Wu)

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diào
tune [n.]
讠 + 周
microphone + lap
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Through the microphone/loud speaker, you hear different tunes each lap to keep you going.

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bureau
尸 + 句jù
flag/corpse + sentence
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bureaus represent the flag (but may have become corpses), often rely on final sentences

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guǐ
rails
车 + 九
vehicle + nine
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Picture vehicles on nine rail lines.

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lèi
tired
田 + 糸
field + fine silk
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tired after working in a silk field

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xīn
*meme
heart modified
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part of many emotion words, and memes express emotion

as a component: “心字旁” or "竖心旁"

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zhān
tell fortunes
卜 + 口
magic wand + mouth
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dān
indulge
耳 + 冘yín
ear + crown prince
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Anyone listening to the crown prince must indulge him.

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horse
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as a component: “马字旁”

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sòng
deliver
关 + 辶
shut + road
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"Deliver and Shut: This woman is delivering her daughter’s family to the road. Too old to travel herself, she won’t shut the door until they are out of sight." (1930's On the Road)

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dài
substitute for
亻 + 弋
persona + pistol
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An important persona in a duel is the “second”, someone sent as a substitute for offended parties, whose primary role was to settle the dispute without violence.

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anxious
刍 + 心
flying witch + heart
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A witch flies by and you immediately feel anxious.

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kòng
control [v.]
扌 + 空kōng
hand + empty
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use fingers to control your empty time (remote control, smart phone)

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grind
麻má + 石
hemp + stone
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grind the hemp with a stone

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xīn
elated
斤jīn + 欠
axe + lack/yawn
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Although you may love this lifestyle, many people in history were actually elated when they were able to lack the need for an axe and instead use electric or gas indoor heating. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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ride [v.]
马 + 奇qí
horse + strange
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If a horse thinks you are strange, he may not let you ride.

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èr
two
一 + 一
one + one
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liàng
forgive
讠 + 京jīng
microphone + capital
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forgiveness has to be announced over the microphone in the capital

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