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chóu
make arrangements
竹 + 寿shòu
bamboo + longevity
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They made arrangements for the bamboo forest to last for generations.

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zhān
glue
米 + 占zhān
rice + tell fortunes
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You use rice to glue the fortune teller's mouth shut.

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resign
舌 + 辛
tongue + peppery
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Her resignation was like a tongue on fire with chili pepper.

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huì
paint [v]
纟 + 会huì
thread + meeting
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A thread meeting, where we are painting slogans on raw canvas with threads sticking out of the frayed edges.

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slight [adj]
艹 + 氵 + 尃
flowers + water + thumb prick
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Slight Sarah (or a thin gardener you know) hooked up her flowers up to a thumb prick watering system.

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xié
take along
扌 + 隹 + 乃
hand + special bird + fist
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To take along a special bird, you'll have to make a fist to hold it tight.

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chàng
smooth
申 + 2yáng
beet + piglet
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Beets and piglets have smooth curly tails.

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yuè
leap
足 + 夭yāo
lower leg + die young
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Look before you leap to avoid a lower leg injury or dying young.

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service
彳 + 殳
queue + boomerang
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(like military service or servitude) Many Aboriginal Australians were forced into unfree labor service during colonization. Picture them queuing up and turning in their boomerangs.

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jiān
shoulder
户 + 月
door + body part
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Your shoulder is a hinged body part like a swinging door.

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bāo
lidded pot
保bǎo + 火
safeguard + fire
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You safeguard the food that is cooking over the fire by lidding the pot.

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áo
stew [v.]
土 + 放 + 灬
soil + release + cooking fire
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To stew something outside over a cooking fire, you put soil on top of the dutch oven, and then when it is done, release the steam.

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lithium
钅 + 里lǐ
metal + computer
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lithium battery to power a computer

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zhào
overspread
罒 + 卓zhuó
net + eminent/sun wizard
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Like a face covering, a net spreads over the eminent sun wizard.

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sòu
hack [v]
口 + 束 + 欠
mouth + bundle + lack/yawn
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You are so sick that even yawning causes you to hack up a bundle of phlegm.

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cough
口 + 亥
mouth + acorn
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You choke on an acorn and cough it out.

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snot
氵 + 弟dì
water + younger brother
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The water coming from your younger brother's nose is snot.

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ō
oh
口 + 奥ào
mouth + at great depth
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Oh, you are from Australia!

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ǹg
[expressing agreement]
口 + 恩ēn
mouth + kindness
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You can show kindness with your mouth by agreeing with someone.

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