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xià
below
一 + 卜
ceiling + magic wand
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Picture a magic wand hovering below the ceiling.

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上shàng above

yōu
without haste
攸yōu + 心
senior taskmaster + heart
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Our aging wedding taskmaster has approached love without haste but is finally gets married herself.

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chuī
blow [v.]
口 + 欠
mouth + lack
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when you blow, your mouth lacks air OR “His blow lacks no thrill." (Trumpeter Wu)

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ràng
yield
讠 + 上shàng
microphone + above
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In a microphone: “You must yield to the power above.”

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yín
silver
钅 + 艮
metal + silver
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In the days of silver, word went east that the mining was good here.

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suǒ
lock [n./v.]
钅 + 小 + 贝
metal + small + shells
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small metal lock on the safe containing the shells

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琐suǒ trivial

fèn
portion
亻 + 分fēn
persona + part
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your persona portions out the parts

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yǒu
friend
𠂇 + 又yòu
by one's side + right hand
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a friend is your right-hand man

"Kamehameha, King of Hawaii, extends his right hand in the friendly greeting of aloha.“ (Statues)

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*sickness
广 + 冫
cave + ice
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"If you are stuck in your cave because of the ice outside, there is a high possibility of getting sick." (Hunter Gatherer)

as a component: “病字旁”

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shà
skyscraper
厂 + 夏xià
cliff + summer
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roof of the skyscraper is like a cliff where office workers can cool off in the summer

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shuāng
pair
又 + 又
right hand + right hand
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a pair of 2 right hands

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weep aloud
口 + 帝dì
mouth + sovereign
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The sovereign is weeping aloud for the loss of his wife.

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qīng
pure
氵 + 青qīng
water + green-blue
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when water is green-blue it is pure

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four
西 - 一
west - one
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one of the four directions is 西 xī west

a picture of four vertical lines connected on the top

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group [n.]
纟 + 且
thread + shelves
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quilting group organizes their thread on shelves

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consult with
次cì + 口
next + mouth
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“next, next, next” getting endless advice from consultants

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suǒ
large rope
L + 糸
chapel + fine silk
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The large rope in chapels is made of fine silk.

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lóu
multistory building
木 + 娄lóu
wood + bride
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throwing rice on the bride from the second story of a wooden building

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pín
impoverished
分 + 贝
part + shells
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You are impoverished when you only have a part of the shells you need to survive.

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