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fishing [n.]
氵 + 鱼yú
water + fish
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you can go fishing where there is some water and fish

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宿

stay overnight
宀 + 亻 + 百
house + persona + hundred
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hundred people in a house staying overnight

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shell [n.]
士 + 冗
soldier + superfluous
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To a soldier in training, an extra shell of armor seems superfluous.

Prince Superfluous is sent off as a soldier and dies in a shelling.

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zhì
wisdom
知zhī + 日
know + day/sun
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To know your sun will set is wisdom.

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zhōu
boat
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as a component: “舟字旁”

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páng
side [n.], *Columbus
立 + 冖 + 方fāng
stand up + crown + compass
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Prince Columbus is a dreamer. Like Columbus, he stands up to the crown with a compass by his side and declares “the earth is round”.

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帝dì sovereign

qiān
lead [n.]
钅 + 0yǎn
metal + belch
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lead factory belching smoke

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线

xiàn
line [n.]
纟 + 戋jiān
thread + machine gun
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Machine guns shoot a lot of bullets in a row, threaded together in a line that is fed through the gun.

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róng
melt
鬲 + 虫chóng
pressure cooker + insect
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only in a pressure cooker can you melt insects

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card
上 + 下xià
above + below
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swipe the card up and down, top to bottom

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dǎi
malicious, *carcass
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alternative breakdown: 一+夕 ceiling + evening

Picture a haunted house: a carcass hanging from the ceiling in the evening.

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rěn
endure
刃rèn + 心
blade + heart
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endure pain whether by the blade or in your heart

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shì
persimmon
木 + 市shì
tree + market
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it's persimmon season, they've hit the market

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qín
celery
艹 + 斤jīn
flowers + axe
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You find wild celery flowering near your shelter. You harvest it with your axe. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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yún
uniform [adj.]
勹 + 二
bound up + two
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packages bound up uniformly with two strips of tape, one in each direction

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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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