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fěn
powder [n.]
米 + 分fēn
rice + part
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powder results from rice crushed into parts

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occasion [n.]
阝 + 示
pinnacle + altar
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Coming to the altar is the pinnacle occasion of your life. (Wedding Planner)

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father
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Picture a father with a child on each shoulder.

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qiáng
*turtle
omen modified
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“将字旁”

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wài
outside
夕 + 卜
evening + magic wand
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outside in the evening can be magic

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àn
shore
山shān + 厂 + 干gān
mountain + cliff + dry/clothesline
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Dillon Beach: mountains, cliffs, clotheslines

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shí
knowledge
讠 + 只zhǐ
microphone + only
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words from a microphone are only knowledge until they are implemented

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guàn
pierce
毌 + 贝
string of shells + shells
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shells must be pierced to string them together, used as money

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xīng
orangutan
犭 + 星xīng
Aesop + star
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"The Star Orangutan" Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates—think of them as the star of the great apes. They use tools, build elaborate nests and may have distinct cultures within populations. As a result of their intelligence, they have starred in many works of fiction. Moral: It is easy to be a starry-eyed orangutan admirer. (Fables)

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complete [v.]
比bǐ + 十
compare + ten/needle
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compared to other students, he completed with a perfect ten

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xián
dislike
女 + 兼jiān
woman + double
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Mother: Of course I dislike a woman who leads a double life, cheating on her husband. / Daughter: I dislike women being treated with a double standard compared to men!

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wèn
ask
门mén + 口
gate + mouth
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There are gossipers at the city gate asking what’s going on.

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qián
coin [n.]
钅 + 戋jiān
metal + machine gun
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Ammunition is expensive. A machine gun might as well be shooting metal coins.

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jiān
supervise
D + 皿
bamboo sword + dish
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"Task one: use bamboo swords to supervise the food dish, keeping flies away." (Camp Bamboo)

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liǎ
duo
亻 + 两liǎng
persona + yoke
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your persona yoked with her husband as a duo

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màn
slow [adj.]
忄 + 曼màn
meme + drawn out/mandala
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meme showing the drawing of a mandala in slow motion

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zhǐ
toe
⻊ + 止zhǐ
lower leg + footprint
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Mother, may I make a footprint in front of my big toe?

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clothing
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modified version: 衤

derivatives: 𧘇 *scarf, *𧘇 *kerchief, 长 long

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xùn
modest
孙sūn + 辶
grandchild + road
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Modest Grandchild: Grandchildren of the next generation will be taught modesty by hearing stories from grandparents of living through the Great Depression by hitting the road.

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