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spicy hot
辛 + 束
peppery + bundle
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spicy hot peppers bundled up to dry

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lovely
一 + 冂 + 丶
ceiling + hood + drop
Character Notes

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer (We'll assume she has an earring on the other side, too.)

lovely couple that hang their hoodies on hooks next to each other

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drama
居jū + 刂
reside + sword
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Romeo & Juliet: two residences draw swords

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xuān
veranda
车 + 干
vehicle + clothesline
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He has such a big veranda, he can store a vehicle and still have room for his clothesline.

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shéi
who
讠 + 隹zhuī
microphone + special bird
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in a microphone: "Who let the turkeys out? Who? Who? Who?"

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fog
⻗ + 务wù
weather + tasks
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fog is weather good for tasks indoors OR In China, if the pollution is bad, the weather app says “fog.” Then you have the extra task of checking the pollution app to know whether or not to wear an N-95 mask outside.

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newborn
女 + 圭
woman + bricks
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Carrying around a newborn can feel to a woman like carrying bricks.

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jiāo
spice plant
木 + 叔
wood + uncle
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Uncle Schubert grows woody spice plants in his yard.

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pān
Pan
氵 + 番fān
water + fertilizer
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Mr. Pan adds water and fertilizer to his garden.

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spinach
艹 + 波bō
flowers + waves
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sea-sick from the waves and throw up your spinach flowers

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tiě
iron [n.]
钅 + 失
metal + lose
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husband pumping iron to lose weight

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pǎo
run [v.]
⻊ + 包bāo
lower leg + wrap
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"Mother, may I wrap my lower leg and run?" (Mother, May I?)

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broadcast [v.]
扌 + 番
hand + fertilizer
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You use your hand to broadcast the fertilizer over the field.

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bìng
combine [v.]
丷 + 开
horns + open hands
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weird combination of horns and "cow hands" that open (it's a snuff box)

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yòu
right [n./adj.]
𠂇 + 口
by one's side + mouth
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play on words: a little mouth by one’s side telling you the right decision to make

use the sounds to remember: on the left (左 zuǒ), "gōngzuò" 工作, and on the right (右 yòu), there is a mouth (口 kǒu) making an "ou" sound

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tàng
trip [m.w.]
走 + 尚shàng
walk + esteem
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walking with the esteemed Yoda a number of trips around the pond

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bàn
partner
亻 + 半bàn
persona + half
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your persona's other half is her partner

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qiàn
lack [v.]
⺈ + 人
mask + person
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a mask on a person, covering what they lack

a person lacks oxygen, so they are given a breathing mask

as a component: “欠字旁”

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tóu
throw [v.]
扌 + 殳
hand + boomerang
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use hand to throw boomerangs

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