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belly
月 + 土tǔ
body part + soil
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my belly hurts, I swallowed dirt OR pregnant woman eating dirt

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spleen
月 + 卑
body part + lowly
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the “lowly” body part that just recycles blood, but really controls your temper

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*clothing
clothing modified
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as a component: “衣字旁”

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礻shì Eastern altar

luàn
chaos
舌 + 乚
tongue + dental hook
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Dentist is poking around with his dental hook and hooks your tongue. Chaos!! Pain!

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fēng
plentiful, *bushes
grow up modified
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nián
year
午 + 匚
noon + box
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Sleep in till noon on New Year’s day, then start checking the boxes of your New Year’s resolutions.

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diǎn
spot [n.]
占 + 灬
tell fortunes + cooking fire
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fortune teller looks into cooking fire, then looks away and sees spots: uses these to tell your fortune (Macbeth)

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huá
cunning
犭 + 骨
Aesop + bone
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"The Cunning Canine" One behavior that demonstrates the cunning of dogs is the instinct to bury bones. Moral: Saving a little for later is a cunning idea. (Fables)

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qín
fowl
𠆢 + 离
umbrella + leave
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to get the fowl to leave, flash an umbrella at them

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hěn
very
彳 + 艮gèn
queue + silver
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Soon there was a very long queue of men at the silver mining office ready to be hired.

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compare
匕bǐ + 匕bǐ
spoon + spoon
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comparing spoons

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北běi north

shān
mountain
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as a component: “山字旁” or “山字头”

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𠃌

gǔn
*coat hook
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kàng
*whirlwind
亠 + 几
top hat + wind
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Picture a top hat blowing away in a whirlwind.

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certificate
扌 + 居jū
hand + reside
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hand it over and say “according to my residence certificate…”

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chàng
sing
口 + 昌chāng
mouth + prosperous
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alternatively: 口+日+日 mouth + sun + day; You singSunny Day” from Sesame Street.

“On a sunny day, he’ll sing.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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lie on one's stomach
足 + 八bā
lower leg + eight
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Mother, may I put eight points on the ground and lay on my stomach? (If you are completely flat on your stomach, let's say you touch the floor in eight spots, starting with your lower legs: toes, knees, hips, chest, wrists, shoulders, chin, nose.)

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躺 tǎng lie down

dēng
ascend
癶 + 豆
thatched roof + beans
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Picture smoke from the beans ascending through the hole of the thatched roof.

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doubt [v.]
匕 + 矢 + 龴 + 疋
person sitting + dart + spear head + Spartan Race
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Max Dart sits on the side and doubts his friend needs a spear to train for the Spartan Race.

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