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jiāng
ginger
羊yáng + 女
sheep + woman
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Ginger Jiang, a shepherdess, forages for wild ginger while tending her sheep.

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wǎn
nightfall
日 + 免miǎn
sun + avoid/hare
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Hares come out when the sun goes down at nightfall.

The sun avoids nightfall.

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tán, qín
Tan/Qin
西 + 早
Wild West + sunflower
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Mr. Tan was the first person to cultivate sunflowers in the West.

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kěn
agree
止 + 月
footprint + body part
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if he doesn’t agree, leave a footprint on his body part

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hàn
regret [n.]
忄 + 感gǎn
meme + feel
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meme full of regretful feelings

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universal
並 + 日
side by side + sun
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Universal declaration of human rights, everyone stands equally side by side under the sun.

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gèn
*silver
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picture of silver bars melting

derived from: 银 yín silver

as a component: “艮字旁”

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eye
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as a component: “目字旁”

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shēng
life, *seed
丶 + 龶
drop + grow up
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picture of a seed on a plant

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liáo
cure
疒 + 了liǎo
sickness + -ed
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She was cure-ed from the sickness!

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method
氵 + 去
water + go
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A method for cooking rice: add water and push go.

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dàn
however
亻 + 旦dàn
persona + daybreak
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your persona planned on getting up at daybreak, however

However, Dan at dawn...

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zhòu
wrinkles
刍 + 皮
flying witch + covering
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This old flying witch is covered with wrinkles.

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cái
tailor [v.]
衣 + 𢦏zái
clothing + tank
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Civilians back home tailoring uniforms for soldiers are inspired by the tank to create new ways of tailoring: a machine rolls over a bolt of fabric like a tank to cut out the pattern.

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shèng
leftover [adj.]
乘chéng + 刂
hitch a ride + sword
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migrant hitches a ride north and then pulls a sword to demand your leftovers OR multiply + sword: when quantities are multiplied, you divide the leftovers with a sword

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shī
lose
丶 + 夫
drop + husband
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my husband is always losing his keys

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矢shǐ dart

jīn
*metal
gold modified
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alternatively: 𠂉 lying down, working with a metal wrench

as a component: “金字旁”

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apparel
月 + 𠬝fú
body part + copy of original
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The apparel industry just copies originals to cover our body parts.

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jealous of
女 + 户hù
woman + door
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I’m so jealous of her front door. It’s the house’s 1920’s original.

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