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guest
宀 + 各gè
house + each
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For guests who stay in your house, you need to think of each of their needs.

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miào
wonderful
女 + 少shǎo
woman + few
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praise a woman as wonderful, meaning those like her are few and far between OR Women are wonderful. Few would dispute that.

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bìng
*side by side
立 + 立
stand up + stand up
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"ideogram"

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xīn
fuel
艹 + 新xīn
flowers + new
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flowers: new source of renewable fuel

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so far
乞qǐ + 辶
beg + road
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So Far, Haven’t Begged: “So far, so good.” This family hasn’t had to beg for food yet.

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crawl [v.]
爪 + 巴bā
vulture + boa
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boa crawling away from the vulture

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qín
Qin
𡗗 + 禾
bonsai + grain
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Can't you picture the first emperor of China, Qin, demanding that his imperial gardens and fields be replicated in miniature in his tomb?

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jié
tie [v.]
纟 + 吉jí
thread + lucky
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tie a lucky thread around your finger

This soldier was lucky to tie the knot during leave.

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zǎi
butcher
宀 + 辛
house + peppery/chili pepper
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The house of the “Butcher”, the mean dad who rules his house with harsh discipline like chili pepper punishment.

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biǎo
surface [n.]
龶 + 𧘇
grow up + scarf
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grown up on the surface only (wearing scarves)

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mào
trade [n.]
(匚丿刀)mǎo + 贝
letter opener + shells
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open the letter and if your trade went through, shells inside

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be like
女nǚ + 口
woman + mouth
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women talking about what it would be like if…

ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal

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zhōu
state [n.]
丶丶丶 + 川
3 drops + stream
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drops of land between the streams are the states

a dotted line through a river on a map showing the border between states

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duō
many
夕 + 夕
evening + evening
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"many moons ago" (a story told in the evening)

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hén
trace
疒 + 艮gèn
sickness + silver
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trace amounts of silver in his blood made him sick

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dāng
work as
小 + 彐
small + broom
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Bert (from Mary Poppins), works as a street sweeper, a small (upside down), menial job.

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language
讠 + 五wǔ + 口
microphone + five + mouth
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using a microphone: tour guide that speaks five languages

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zhī
weave [v.]
纟 + 只zhǐ
thread + only
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thread is the only thing you need to finger weave OR little pac man weaving back and forth

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qiào
turn upward
尧yáo + 羽
ceremonial soldier + wings
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This ceremonial soldier’s collar is turned upward like wings.

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