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yào
key
钅 + 月yuè
metal + moon
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metal key shaped like the moon

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wén
mosquito
虫 + 文wén
insect + gentleman farmer
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insect most hated by gentleman farmers

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*drummer boy
士 + 豆
soldier + beans
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A boy soldier who plays the drum and is also the camp cook. *Notice the bottom of 士 overlaps with the top of 豆.

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block [v.]
阝 + 且
pinnacle + shelves
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The pinnacle decor item for blocking ugly views: the shelf—it can be decorated!

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hòu
thick
厂 + 日 + 子
cliff + sun + child
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thick-headed parents leave their child on a cliff in the sun

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lǎo
maternal grandmother
女 + 老lǎo
woman + old person
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Picture your maternal grandmother as a very old woman.

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chá
check into
木 + 旦
tree + daybreak
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Newton under the tree at daybreak, checking into gravity.

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old woman
波bō + 女
waves + woman
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Picture your maternal grandmother as an old woman with waves in her skin.

Old Woman and the Sea (at home watching the waves).

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guàn
string of shells
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tián
fill in
土 + 真
soil + true
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You can fill in forms with soil or the truth.

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chú
*flying witch
⺈ + 彐
mask + broom
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This masked witch flies on a magic broom.

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bèi
*Sunday school
L + 子
chapel + child
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Sunday School is the class at the chapel that the children attend. (Bible Series)

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丿

piě
*slash
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gōng
bow [n.]
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derivative: 丂 *broken bow

as a component: “弓字旁”

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fēng
seal
圭 + 寸
bricks + thumb
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You use bricks to weigh down the adhesive and then your thumb to seal it.

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ooh!
平 + 亅
even + hook
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Ooh! The scale tipped!

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fán
vexed
火 + 页
fire + head
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vexed: picture of fire coming off a head

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qiāng
gun
木 + 仓cāng
wood + storehouse
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wooden storehouse of guns OR someone hides behind a tree with a gun to overtake the storehouse

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jìng
clean [adj.]
冫 + 争zhēng
ice + contend
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clean the ice before the hockey contention

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