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jiāo
apprehensive, *roast bird
隹 + 灬
special bird + cooking fire
Character Notes

You are apprehensive while your turkey is cooking.

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bié
distinguish
另 + 刂
another + sword
Character Notes

Distinguish one part from another by separating them with a sword.

别 is also used as a contraction of "bú yào" meaning "don't": Don't make another move or else! (sword raised)

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quān
circle [n.]
囗 + 卷juǎn
enclose + roll
Character Notes

When you enclose something in a circle, it becomes round like a roll.

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xiàn
trap
⺈ + 臼
mask + rib cage
Character Notes

This is a Halloween trap to scare trick-or-treaters.

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jīn
Tianjin
氵 + 聿
water + writing brush
Character Notes

The water in Tiānjīn is so polluted, it is like ink for a writing brush.

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zhì
until
I + 土
Great Wall + soil
Character Notes

China won’t collapse until the Great Wall turns to soil

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zāi
sow
𢦏zái +木
tank + tree
Character Notes

Other machinery is invented based on the tank. This tank-like tractor smooths the ground before trees are sown.

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stop up
土 + 者
soil + hero
Character Notes

The hero escapes a landslide that stops up the road.

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qìng
*frontier war
声 + 殳
voice + boomerang
Character Notes

the voice of the boomerang crying against the soldiers of the occupying flag

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cāo
exercise [n.]
扌 + 喿zào
hand + chirping
Character Notes

Chinese hand exercises in the parks in the mornings with chirping birds in the background

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luó
make the rounds
罗luó + 辶
silk gauze + road
Character Notes

Make the Rounds in Silk Gauze: Desperate women in silk gauze stockings make the rounds in camp at night.

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dàng
files [n.]
木 + 当dāng
tree/wood + work as
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in a job with lots of files, you work as a tree consumer

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āi
grief
亠 + 口 + 𧘇
top hat + mouth + scarf
Character Notes

wear top hat and scarf to the funeral with mouth wide open in grief

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zhèn
battle formation
阝 + 车
pinnacle + vehicle
Character Notes

A vehicle at the pinnacle of a battle formation.

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ya
*beret
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Yakov wears a beret

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shǎng
prize [n.]
6shàng + 贝
outhouse + shells
Character Notes

The prize for the cleanest outhouse is money.

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kēng
pit
土 + 亢kàng
soil + whirlwind
Character Notes

The wind carries the hat bouncing and dipping until it hits the edge of a pit at the far end of the field, falls in and skids to a stop, kicking up the soil. (Hat in the Wind)

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jiù
at once
京 + 尤yóu
capital + Goofy
Character Notes

In Beijing, they force Goofy to leave at once.

京尤就

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bēng
crumble
山 + 朋péng
mountain + companion
Character Notes

Picture a mountain crumbling on your companion.

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