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bǐng
handle [n.]
木 + 丙bǐng
wood + third
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Picture the handle of an heirloom knife: wood from the third generation.

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shuò
big
石shí + 页
stone + head
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a head as big as a stone OR those with master’s Degrees have big heads

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zǎo
jujube
朿 + 冫
thorn + ice
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thorny tree which will bear fruit (red dates) even after it freezes

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táo
escape
兆zhào + 辶
omen + road
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Escape the Omen: Okies are just trying to escape disaster, but the omen is already on the road—thousands just like them.

see the omen on the road and try to escape your fate

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zhū
spider (back end)
虫 + 朱zhū
insect + vermilion
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insect-like thing with a vermilion dot on its back

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wān
curved [adj.]
亦 + 弓
dancing penguin + bow
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This dancing penguin bends his dancing stick into a curved bow.

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jiǎ
*copycat
? + ? + 又
PF + copy of P + again
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brand name copycat, made again and again, *derived from 假 jiǎ fake

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luò
L.A.
氵 + 各
water + each
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each beach in L.A. is different, 洛杉矶luòshānjī Los Angeles

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zhù
author [v.]
艹 + 者zhě
flowers + hero
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The hero is honored as an author with a floral wreath. (The Hero of the Wild West)

The wedding florist is the author of your flower hero story. Yes, flowers can be the hero of a wedding, authoring a fairy tale event. (Wedding Planner)

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P

*chia pet
一 + 由 + 八
ceiling + sprout + animal legs
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an indoor sprouting animal

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encounter
禺yú + 辶
beekeeper + road
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Encountering a Beekeeper: Human kindness can still be found. This family, who is headed west, encounters a beekeeper on the road and enjoys a sticky treat.

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tán
Tan-2
讠 + 覃tán
microphone + Tan/Qin
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We'd like to welcome to the show the biographer of Mr. Tan, the first person in the West to cultivate sunflowers. She is Ms. Tan, Tan's granddaughter.

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married woman
女 + 彐
woman + broom
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married woman with a broom

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夫 fū husband

bent
由 + 丨
sprout + stick
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A sprout bends and needs a support stick.

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jiān
firm
Ujiān + 土
swordplay + soil
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practicing swordplay gives you a firm foundation (like the ground)

alternatively: 刂 + 又 + 土 sword + again + soil: "Foiled again!" Throw your sword on the soil: "Now I have a firm resolve to..."

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liú
pomegranate
木 + 留liú
tree + stay
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the other trees can go, but the pomegranate tree stays

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yāo
die young
丿 + 大
slash + large
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a large slash led to an early death, but hopefully is going to heaven

large guy dies young, head slumped

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天tiān heavens

liù
six
亠 + 八
top hat + eight
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top hats go out at six and return at eight

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Z

*performance bouquet
又 + 1
right hand + bouquet
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