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jiǔ
liquor
氵 + 酉
water + whiskey bottle
Character Notes

It's not water in the whiskey bottle.

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*fine silk
幺 + 小
cocoon + small
Character Notes

The smallest cocoons make the finest silk.

as a component: “独立绞丝”

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zǒng
general [adj.]
丷 + 口 + 心
horns + mouth + heart
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In general, we don’t eat the horns, mouth, heart of an animal.

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zhuǎn/zhuàn
rotate
车 + 专zhuān
vehicle + specialty/corsage
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(seen rotating her vehicle) “Rotate! Forgot the corsages!”

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Buddhist nun
尸 + 匕
corpse + spoon/person sitting
Character Notes

Picture a Buddhist nun keeping vigil (sitting down) by the corpse.

Picture a Buddhist nun's corpse buried with spoon.

Picture a Buddhist nun digging a grave with spoon.

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xióng
bear [n.]
能 + 灬
ability + cooking fire
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circus bear has special ability to juggle spoons, adds fire OR (Smoky the Bear) You can (have the ability to) prevent forest fires.

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sǎn
scattered
龷 + 月 + 攵
flower arrangement + body part + taskmaster
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"The taskmaster has instructed everyone to scatter the flower arrangements on your body as you dance." (Wedding Planner)

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spoon, *person sitting
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as a component: “匕字旁”

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七qī seven

wéi
tanned hide
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cuò
mistaken
钅 + 昔
metal + times past
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Some were mistaken in times past thinking the metal they had found was gold, but it was fool’s gold.

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běi
north
匕(back) + 匕
person sitting + person sitting
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two people back-to-back trying to stay warm in the north

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tún
stockpile
一 + 凵 + 乚
one + pit + dental hook
Character Notes

In one pit, the dentist's ghost stores teeth he has stolen, in another, he stockpiles dental hooks.

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dūn
candid
享 + 攵
enjoy + taskmaster
Character Notes

I’ll be candid with you, we both have strong personalities, but I've enjoyed working with the taskmaster ever since we met in London. (Wedding Planner)

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zhāo
beckon
扌 + 召zhào
hand + summon
Character Notes

using hand to summon

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shàng
*playhouse
⺌ + 宀
small + house
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preface [n.]
广 + 予yǔ
cave + fishing spear
Character Notes

Another activity in your cave is cleaning your fishing spear, a preface to the activity of spear fishing. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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rǒng
superfluous
冖 + 几
crown + wind
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This prince is a royal airhead. He is really quite superfluous.

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suī
although
口 + 虫
mouth + insect
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although he's won many contests, he couldn't eat an insect

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curtain
莫mò + 巾
mirage + towel
Character Notes

There's a mirage behind a curtain of the flower sun dog in a towel.

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