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dài
treat [v.]
彳 + 寺
queue + Buddhist temple
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"We would now be delighted to treat all of you potential temple donors to a meal. Please queue up." (Buddhist Temple)

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yūn
dizzy
日 + 军jūn
sun + chariot
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Carsick from driving in his chariot, the prince is dazzled by the sun and gets dizzy, veering off the path. (Royal Family)

The sun reflecting off the chariots made the other army dizzy.

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jié
holiday
艹 + 卩jié
flowers + stamped
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"Flowers decorate a stamped wedding invitation like being invited to a holiday party." (Wedding Planner)

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láo
jail
宀 + 牛
house + cow
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Don’t they know that keeping a cow in jail inside your house will get reported to the city officials.

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hold [v.]
合 + 手
fit + hand
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you can hold something when it fits in your hand

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drip [v.]
氵 + 啇dì
water + antiques salesman
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water dripping on fake antiques will ruin them

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pay [v.]
亻 + 寸
persona + thumb
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confirm payment with a thumbs up

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pǐn
goods
口 + 口 + 口
mouth + mouth + mouth
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picture a pile of goods that an average family eats in a year

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贿

huì
bribe [n.]
贝 + 有
shells + possess
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with a bribe of shells (money), you possess compliance

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jiē
street
行 + 圭
intersection + bricks
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intersection paved with bricks at the meeting of two streets

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huā
flower [n.]
艹 + 化huà
flowers + transform
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"Flowers can transform a relationship, transform an event." (Wedding Planner)

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step
止 + 少
footprint + few
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babies one step at a time: just a few footprints so far

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miào
temple
广 + 由
cave + sprout
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Another cave in your primitive community will be a temple dedicated to the god of sprouts: what you will need in the spring. (Hunter-Gatherer)

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huǐ
be sorry about
忄 + 每měi
meme + every
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Picture a meme that is sorry about everything.

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lái
come
一 + 米
one + rice
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come one, come all, get your free rice

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duì
convert [v.], *devil
丷 + 兄
horns + teenager
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When children become teenagers, it seems they are converted into devils and grow horns.

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zhuī
chase
丶 + 㠯 + 辶
drop + boss + road
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You chase your boss down the road because he dropped his keys.

Your boss sweats chasing results.

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xiàn
limit [n./v.]
阝 + 艮
pinnacle + silver
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At Pinnacle Weddings, we put a limit on the silver you will spend.

The price of silver reached its limit, the pinnacle, in the 1890’s.

The pinnacle for him was a silver medal, his limit.

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táng
Tang
广guǎng + 肀 + 口
cave + rake + mouth
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You have an experiment of sorts going on in your cave. You got so much juice from your tangerine spearing that you have dried it into a primitive Tang powder. You made yourself a mini rake to mix it and sample it regularly with your mouth. (Now, of course, this character does not refer to the fake orange drink, but the Tang dynasty of China.) (Hunter-Gatherer)

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