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jīn
Tianjin
氵 + 聿
water + writing brush
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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
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China won’t collapse until the Great Wall turns to soil

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zāi
sow
𢦏zái +木
tank + tree
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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
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The hero escapes a landslide that stops up the road.

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qìng
*frontier war
声 + 殳
voice + boomerang
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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
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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
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Make the Rounds in Silk Gauze: Desperate women in silk gauze stockings make the rounds to seek assistance. (1930's On the Road)

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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
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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
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Picture a vehicle at the pinnacle of a battle formation.

Think of it this way: the wedding vehicle is the pinnacle of a battle formation. Let’s make it the right vehicle.

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ya
*beret
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Yakov wears a beret. (Max Dart)

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shǎng
prize [n.]
6shàng + 贝
outhouse + shells
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The prize for the cleanest outhouse is money.

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kēng
pit
土 + 亢kàng
soil + whirlwind
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Picture a top hat being blown by a whirlwind into a pit and kicking up soil.

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jiù
at once
京 + 尤yóu
capital + Goofy
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In Beijing, they force Goofy to leave at once.

京尤就

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bēng
crumble
山 + 朋péng
mountain + companion
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Picture a mountain crumbling on your companion.

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yāo
youngest, *cocoon
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youngest in the moth family is still a cocoon; derivative: 纟*thread

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茧 jiǎn cocoon

zhuó
eminent, *sun wizard
卜 + 早
magic wand + early/sunflower
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An eminent sun wizard who uses a sunflower as his magic wand.

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zhī
juice [n.]
氵 + 十shí
water + ten/needle
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power juices injected intravenously because they are so nasty

takes 10 apples to make 1 cup of juice

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shēn
express [v.], *beet
field modified
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a beet fully expressed, can eat its roots and sprouts

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