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jīng
whale
鱼 + 京jīng
fish + capital
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in the fish capital reigns a whale

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lián
inexpensive
广 + 兼jiān
cave + double
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most inexpensive house for someone with double jobs is a cave

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nǎi
only then, *fist
right hand modified
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child
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as a component: “子字旁”

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nán
difficult
又 + 隹
right hand + special bird
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difficult to catch/stuff a turkey with your right hand

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táo
grapes (B)
艹 + 匋táo
flowers + lidded clay pot
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Pu and Tao are sitting under the flowering arbor where grapes are bound up in clusters. Pu uses a needle to inject the juice intravenously and Tao drinks the juice from a clay pot.

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bàn
petal
辡biàn + 瓜
counter attack + melon
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as they counter attack with a melon, petals from the blossom fall OR on either side of the melon are petals hiding chili peppers

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ruò
as if
艹 + 右yòu
flowers + right
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If we put flowers on the right, they will cover up the speaker.

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last [n./adj.]
一 + 木
one + tree
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top branches are fully mature

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未wèi not yet
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send out, *friend’s hair
友 + 丶
friend + “hairstyle”
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your friend sends out messages of herself showing off her hair by flipping it off her shoulder

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gēn
heel [n./v.]
⻊ + 艮gèn
lower leg + silver
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"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)

"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)

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jiàng
artisan
匚 + 斤
box + axe
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The axe you use for more artisan carpentry work, you keep in a box with other tools of the trade.

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bàng
stick [n.]
木 + 奉fèng
tree/wood + proffer
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the Natural proffers his bat to the boy (Robert Redford baseball movie)

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shào
Shao
召zhào + X阝
summon + city walls
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Mr. Shao was summoned to the city walls for execution?

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yōu
excellent
亻 + 尤yóu
persona + Goofy
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your persona awards excellence with a Goofy sticker

your persona achieve excellence as Goofy

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zhě
someone, *hero
耂 + 日
old person + day/sun
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"The old hero’s days of adventure are over." (Hero of the Wild West)

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yòu
again, *right hand
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ancient meaning of this character was "right hand", which it still retains as a component meaning

derivative: 乃 *fist

as a component: "又字旁"

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fáng
domicile
户 + 方fāng
door + direction
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In fengshui the door of the domicile has to face a certain direction.

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cáo
Cao
一 + 曲 + 日
one + bent + day
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Think of Cao Cao having one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bent day.

曹操 Cáo Cāo was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty (c. 184–220)

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