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shí
food
𠆢 + 丶 + 艮
umbrella + drop + silver
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Picture street food under an umbrella: drop your silver in the silver tin.

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màn
drawn out, *mandala
日 + 罒 + 又
sun + net + right hand
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sun is shining, so you take nets, draw them out with your right hand

a mandala with a sun in the middle, its rays connected with netting, all drawn by your right hand

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yuán
original
厂 + 白 + 小
cliff + white + small
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The origin of the white cliffs of Dover is the crushed shells of small single-celled algae.

Under the cliff is the original spring, a white, bubbling, small trickle.

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zhǎn
hew
车 + 斤jīn
vehicle + axe
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A vehicle you might be able to construct on your own in the wilderness will be very rough-hewn with your axe.

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luǒ
naked
衤 + 果guǒ
clothing + fruit
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I would be naked without my Fruit of the Loom.

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chē
vehicle
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derivative: 㐄 *unicycle

as a component: “车字旁”

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jiàn
healthy
亻 + 建jiàn
persona + build
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persona builds habits to stay healthy

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jiē
stairs
阝 + 介jiè
pinnacle + introduce
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At the pinnacle of the stairs is where we will introduce you to the crowd.

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evade
辟pì + 辶
spicy flag + road
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Evade (the Border Police), Mexicans: During the Depression, many states, especially those who share a border with Mexico, will deport up to 2 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans to Mexico to “free up jobs for unemployed Americans.” Even though much of this deportation is illegal (some estimates show half or more are legal citizens), it goes on unchecked. Mexican immigrants are warning their family and friends to evade the border police.

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luó
edible root
艹 + 罗luó
flowers + silk gauze
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use silk gauze on the flowers of the edible root plant, so they don’t get eaten

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yǐn
addiction
疒 + 隐yǐn
sickness + hidden
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Addictions are often hidden sicknesses.

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hán
frigid
Q + 冫
hamster cage + ice
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Picture a frigid hamster preserved in ice from the ice age.

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bèi
lifetime
非fēi + 车
jail cell + vehicle
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lifetime imprisonment for stealing vehicles

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tīng
listen
口 + 斤jīn
mouth + axe
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Why this character has a mouth and not an ear can be explained by picturing yourself on a hunt. Your hunting companion moves toward you, and you hold a finger to your mouth, with your axe ready in the other hand, listening for movement. (Hunter Gatherer)

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zǎo
bath
氵 + 喿zào
water + chirping
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bird bath OR early morning outdoor bath hearing the birds chirping

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accomplishments
纟 + 责
thread + responsibility
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What an accomplished young person! He can sew, and displays responsibility.

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chéng
undertake
了 + 三 + 水
-ed + three + pool of water
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Quite the undertaking: cleaning up after a flood, it was three days until the pool of water was dri-ed.

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jade
王 + 丶
king/jewel + drop
Character Notes

A king wearing drops of jade.

as a component, it loses the drop and becomes "王字旁"

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flatten
车 + 乚
vehicle + dental hook
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You tear out of the dentist’s office, slam your car into reverse and flatten a dental hook as you speed out of the parking lot.

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