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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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Chase the Boss: This woman chases her boss down the road into the dust storm with something he dropped. (1930's On the Road)

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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zhī
of, *road block
road modified
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niǔ
twist [v.]
扌 + 丑chǒu
hand + clown
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The hand of the clown twists the balloon into a shape.

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ferry [n./v.]
氵 + 度dù
water + degrees
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ferry crosses the water and turns only a few degrees

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dèng
Deng
又 + 阝
right hand + city walls
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Mr. Deng lives to the right of the city. OR Mr. Deng swears loyalty to the city.

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láo
labor [n.]
K + 力
rooftop garden + muscle
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You put muscle labor into your rooftop garden carrying things upstairs.

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lóng
dragon
一 + 儿 + 丿 + 丶
“long body" + human legs + “stick” + “pearl”
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In the dragon dance, humans hold up the dragon’s long body with sticks, and they dance, following a large pearl.

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guī
regulations
夫 + 见
husband + see
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My husband has a knack for seeing regulations and not being unnerved by them.

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shī
execute
9 + 也
banner + scorpion
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scorpion banner for a gang that executes crimes

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