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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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chǒu
clown
ユ + 十
iron + ten/needle
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clown juggles an iron and needle

ten clowns with irons

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yáng
Yang
阝 + 日
pinnacle + sun
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Pinnacles have a sunny and shady side, yin-yang is the pinnacle philosophy of balance.

The pinnacle philosophy at play in planning this event is the balance of yin and yang: in decor, food choices, background music, everything! The ceremony during the day will balance with the reception at night.

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liù
*kiddie cocktail
羽 + 㐱
wings + cocktail
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the kiddie version of the cocktail is marked with little wings on its umbrella

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yáng
*piglet
sow modified
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zuò
*saw [n.]
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锯jù saw
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