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zhà
swindle
讠 + 乍zhà
microphone + saw
Character Notes

You know you've been swindled when you plug in the microphone, and it makes a sawing sound.

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behold
目 + 者
eye + hero
Character Notes

Heroes are in the eye of the beholder.

The eye of the hero beholds his audience as he recounts his adventures.

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mèi
enchant
鬼 + 未wèi
ghost + not yet
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Ghosts that don’t yet have bodies can enchant and tempt.

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lòu
leak [v]
氵 + 尸 + 雨
water + flag + rain
Character Notes

The flag or tarp is leaking, so the rain water is getting through.

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páng
huge
广guǎng + 龙
cave + dragon
Character Notes

Dragon, who is huge, comes out of the cave to protect Minli.

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dǎng
fend off
扌 + 当dāng
hand + work as
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You use your hand to fend off compliments, saying "不敢."

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huàn
troubles
串chuàn + 心
string together/kebab + heart
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Your heart is pierced through with troubles like a kebab.

Ol’ Man Trouble singing his bleeding heart blues while BBQing kebabs.

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shùn
instant
目 + M + 舛
eye + birdhouse + Cirque du Soleil
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In an instant, before my eye, flashed Cirque du Soleil performers coming out of a birdhouse.

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huò
be bewildered
或huò + 心
or + heart
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When you are bewildered, there is a a lot of this OR that in your heart.

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huī
immense
忄 + 灰huī
meme + ashes
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Picture a meme that goes from a small pile of ashes to an immense one that rises up into a restored body.

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稿

gǎo
draft [n]
禾 + 高gāo
grain + tall
Character Notes

The first draft of the Eiffel Tower was shaped like a tall stalk of grain.

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簿

register [n]
竹 + 氵 + 尃fū
bamboo + water + thumbprick
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Picture a register kept on bamboo strips. To make it waterproof, the thumbprints are stamped with blood.

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huǎn
unhurried
纟 + 爰yuán
thread + flock
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A thread caught on the flock’s feet slows them down to what looks like an unhurried pace.

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fàn
nonspecific
氵 + 乏fá
water + weary
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When you are water weary, your thoughts are nonspecific.

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pān
climb
林 + 乂 + 大 + 手
woods + "ropes" + large dog + hand
Character Notes

Picture climbing a ropes course in the woods with crossing ropes, a St Bernard running beneath barking encouragement and a high five at the end.

Alternatively: 樊fán + 手 a fence + hand

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rán
ignite
火 + 然rán
fire + sort of thing
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Use any sort of thing that fire will ignite.

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xiàn
get stuck
阝 + 臽xiàn
pinnacle + trap
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The pinnacle of a trap's function is for the desired object to get stuck.

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kuà
straddle
足 + 夸kuā
lower leg + brag
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You brag how you can still straddle a horse as you throw your lower leg over.

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kuā
brag
大 + 亏kuī
large dog + loss
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When someone is bragging about the size of their St Bernard, you can assume it is less than is said (minus 5).

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