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xiāo
peel [v.]
肖xiào + 刂
resemble + sword
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a peeler that resembles a small sword

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jiāo
arrogant
马 + 乔qiáo
horse + pretend
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that arrogant horse is pretending she is a queen

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cǎo
grass
艹 + 早zǎo
flowers + early
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You should cut grass early before flowers grow.

Cut the grass early in the morning.

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zhǐ
purpose
匕 + 日
spoon/person sitting + day
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Mother: Feeding the baby (with a spoon) gives purpose to my days. Daughter: Even if you sit at a desk all day, find your purpose.

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breath
自 + 心xīn
nose + heart
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Breathe in through your nose to feed O2 to your heart.

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tàn
spy [n]
扌 + 罙shēn
hand + hole in the bottom of the sea
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You use your hands to spy out the hole in the bottom of the sea.

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lào
cheese
酉 + 各
whiskey bottle + each
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The bottles on the right aren’t whiskey but rennet for making cheese. Each one is different.

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féng
*briars
夂 + 丰fēng
walking legs + bushes
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Sleeping Beauty’s prince has to walk through the bushes of briars

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dǒng
understand
忄 + 董dǒng
meme + director
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meme of Funeral Director Dong patting someone offering a tissue "I understand

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mama
女 + 马mǎ
woman + horse
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Does your mama like horses?

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strategy
⺮ + 朿cì
bamboo + thorn
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In this competition each team will develop a strategy, using bamboo, to get through the thorn thicket.

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zhǐ
*trail of footprints
“walking” footprints
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jǐng
police [n.]
敬jìng + 言
revere + speech
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Revere the police officer’s speech or else.

Alternatively: 艹 + 勹 + 口 + 攵 + 言 flowers + bound up + mouth + taskmaster + speech

Police are taskmasters that bind up the mouths of criminals who have flowery speech.

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interest
走 + 取qǔ
walk + take
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walk through a buffet line, take what interests you

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kuàng
situation
冫 + 兄
ice + teenager
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Because of a difficult situation with our teenager, we are going to put him on ice for 5 years (like Han Solo).

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líng
spirit
彐 + 火
broom + fire
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A spirit dancing around the fire with a broom.

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jiā
home
宀 + 豕
house + sow
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Picture a house on stilts with pigs underneath.

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yíng
*rooftop garden
艹 + 宀
flowers + house
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A rooftop garden is where flowers grow on top of a house.

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rice
grain modified
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whole grain threshed into grains of rice

as a component: “米字旁”

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