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jià
marry
女 + 家jiā
woman + house
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The groom says "Hey, woman, you are coming home to my house tonight." (Wedding Planner)

Mother: I learned in Chinese tradition, a woman is married to another house. / Daughter: We got married, then bought a house.

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*pressure cooker
豆 + 冂 + c
beans + hood + “cord”
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close the hood, plug it in and pressure cook the beans

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lín
woods
木 + 木
tree + tree
Character Notes

trees together are woods

“双木林”

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harmony
禾hé + 口
grain + mouth
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Whole grain in your mouth = (digestive) harmony.

When grain fills the mouths of the populations, there is harmony.

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píng
proof
任 + 几
appoint + wind
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Wind, I appoint you wind-master over these knights. I have proof now that you have what it takes!” (Hat in the Wind)

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píng
even [adj.]
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姿

looks [n.]
次cì + 女
next + woman
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Mother: My mother always said men will move on to the next woman if you don’t keep up your looks. / Daughter: We’re moving on to the next era of female looks, where there is a celebration of many different looks.

Picture a man saying “Next!” as he passes over women who don’t meet his idea of good looks.

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yīn
sound
立 + 日
stand up + sun
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you would make a sound if you stood on the sun

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gōu
ditch
氵 + 勾gōu
water + cross out
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picture plans for a ditch next to the Washington Monument being crossed out

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yáo
shake [v.]
扌 + 䍃yáo
hand + cookie jar
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Cookie Monster uses his hand to shake the cookie jar, "Cookies!"

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department
咅 + 阝
comedian + city walls
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it would be nice if DMV workers were comedians

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zhé
philosopher
折zhé + 口
discount + mouth
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philosopher offering a discount on his spoken opinions at the market

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bugle
口 + 束 + 刂
mouth + bundle + sword
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mouth of a bugle announcing the bundle of swords has arrived OR “As a bugle boy, he had a bundle of sticks on his back and a bayonet in front.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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饿

è
hungry
饣 + 我
food + I/me
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Hungry. Food. Me.

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kuàng
rectangular frame
木 + 匚 + 王
wood/tree + box + king
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wooden box around the portrait of the king

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cùn
Chinese inch, *thumb
hand modified
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alternatively: 十+丶 ten + drop; ten fingers: the drop is the thumb

as a component: “寸字旁”

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tān
vendor's stand
扌 + 难nán
hand + difficult
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difficult profession, selling stuff by hand

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chuò
*road
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as a component: “走之旁“

derivative: 之 *road block

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chéng
hitch a ride
禾 + 北
grain + north
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migrant workers hitch a ride north to harvest grain OR 乘 also means multiply: grain multiplies as you move north

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