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attach
阝 + 付fù
pinnacle + pay
Character Notes

I’m attached to my job. The pinnacle for me is when I get paid.

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wife
十 + 肀 + 女
needle + rake + woman
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Traditional qualifications for a good housewife: sewing and gardening.

A "ten-rake wife" brings so many skills and tools into the marriage.

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ceremony
礻 + 乚
Eastern altar + dental hook
Character Notes

Dear Ancestors, this dental hook is being offered on the altar in an appeasement ceremony to you, our dentist ancestor, who hasn’t been able to rest in peace. Please accept it and leave us alone. (Petitioning the Ancestors)

乚 looks like an "L" for lǐ

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zhǎn
unfold
尸 + 龷 + A
flag + flower arrangement + kerchief
Character Notes

Unfold the flag, exhibit the flower arrangement on top and place the school pictures (wearing kerchiefs) below.

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tiger
卜bǔ +*皮 + 七 + 几
magic wand + covering + seven + wind
Character Notes

A wizard with a magic wand wants to make the fiercest animal ever, a tiger, so he covers him with stripes, gives him seven blades for claws and makes him as fast as the wind.

when it becomes a component, tiger loses the wind 虍

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*dollar sign
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alternative breakdown: 弓+*介 bow + crutches

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compel
白 + 辶
white + road
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Compelled by White: As new roads are constructed, a standardization of road rules is also taking place. The white lines compel you to stay in your lane. (1930's On the Road)

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mutter
口 + 古gǔ
mouth + ancient
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mouth muttering from the tomb

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huì
meeting
8 + I
meeting + Great Wall
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Picture the ultimate summit meeting: on the Great Wall.

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Buddhist temple
土 + 寸
soil + thumb
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"We honor the memory of our spiritual leader Sì, who was the first to have a vision of this temple that we will build in his honor. He used his thumb to make many small models of the temple out of soil during his meditation exercises." (Buddhist Temple)

To learn more about Buddhist temples, look up these in Wikipedia: 白马寺、云居寺、少林寺、悬空寺、法门寺、灵谷寺、大佛寺、龙华寺

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huà
drawing
一 + 田 + 凵
ceiling + field + pit
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frame around a drawing of a field

Impressionist paintings buried in pits during WWII in Germany

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Series

chair
木 + 奇qí
wood + strange
Character Notes

strange wooden chair (to go with the table)

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wāng
tearful
氵 + 王wáng
water + king
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Mr. Wang was known as the "water king" because he is always so tearful.

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measure [v.]
氵 + 则zé
water + rule
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measuring water by the lab rules

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technique
艹 + 乙yǐ
flowers + fishing
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one technique is to use flowers when fishing for a girl’s attention OR different brush stroke techniques using flowers and fishhooks

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Ke
木 + 可kě
tree + can
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Mr. Ke is a can-do "feller".

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dǎn
gall bladder
月 + 旦dàn
body part + daybreak
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body part under pressure at daybreak

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gōng
*George Washington
𠂇 + 厶
by one's side + monument
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"In this statue, Washington leans on a fasces, a monument to his power and jurisdiction." (Statues)

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píng
bottle
并bìng + 瓦
combine + tile
Character Notes

combine things in bottles made of clay

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