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yáo
rumor
讠 + 䍃yáo
microphone + cookie jar
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through a microphone: “Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” just a rumor

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jué
upper crust
爫 + 罒 + 艮 + 寸
claw + net + silver token + thumb
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Carmen SanDiego descends on an upper crust jazz lounge with a claw and net to grab the silver tokens and gives a thumbs up as she departs.

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jià
drive
加jiā + 马
add + horse
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add a whip to drive a horse

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trample
⻊ + 水 + 日
lower leg + pool of water + sun/day
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trampling water puddles on a sunny day

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jié
nimble
扌+ 十 + 肀 + 龰
hand + ten + rake + trail of footprints
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on each finger are ten rakes that leave a trail of footprints: nimble calligraphy

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zhēng
solicit
彳 + 正zhèng
queue + correct
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A solicitor has people lined up in a queue to see if they can answer questions correctly.

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numeral
石 + 马mǎ
stone + horse
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stone horses (like terra-cotta warriors) numbered for museum display

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zhěn
diagnose
讠 + 㐱zhěn
microphone + cocktail
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a remote doctor diagnosing pool-side with a microphone and cocktail in hand

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zhàng
bill [n]
贝 + 长zhǎng
shells + elder/long
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one's elder pays the bill (with "shells")

shell out the bucks to pay the long bill

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fàn
peddler
贝 + 反fǎn
shells + converse
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a peddler sells shells, or the converse, collects "shells" for whatever she sells

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shun
己jǐ + 心
snake + heart
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see a snake and your heart shuns it

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qié
eggplant
艹 + 加
flowers + add
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加油,because the eggplant soaks up so much

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zhà
blow up
火 + 乍zhà
fire + saw
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picture deep frying (炸zhá) a saw in a fire until it explodes (炸zhà)

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liù
walk an animal
留liú + 辶
stay + road
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When walking an animal, you often have to stop and stay on the road while it does its business.

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huǒ
mate
亻 + 火
persona + fire
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Your persona yells, "Mate, your mate's on fire!"

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sympathize
忄 + 血xuè
meme + blood
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a meme expressing "I bleed for you" or I sympathize with you. Picture this meme on a T-shirt, as 恤 is used in the transliterated word for T-shirt, T恤衫 t-xùshān.

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cháng
*renovated Great Wall
X + I
staples + Great Wall
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máo
fashionable
镸 + 彡 + 毛máo
renovated Great Wall + bird tail + fur
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A fashion show on the renovated portion of the Great Wall with a theme of bird tails and fur.

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lǎn
lazy
忄+赖lài
meme + rely on
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the repeated feeling of relying on others makes you lazy

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