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hùn
mix [v.]
氵 + 昆kūn
water + descendants
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They claimed you could water down your descendants by mixing with other cultures.

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zhēn
needle
钅 + 十
metal + needle
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Picture a metal needle.

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páng
crab (front end)
虫 + 旁páng
insect + side
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walks sideways

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mài
blood vessels
月 + 永
body part + eternity
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the body part that goes for eternity are your blood vessels; in eternity, our blood vessels will carry some other substance

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creek
氵 + 爫 + 幺 + 大
water + claw + cocoon + large dog
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to remember the order of the components, picture a claw coming down to grab a cocoon that is stuck on a large dog's back (of course, he is playing by a creek)

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zāng
dirty
月 + 庄zhuāng
body part + hamlet
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body parts (like feet) get dirty in Hobbitville

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biàn
counter attack
辛 + 辛
peppery + peppery
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You can counter attack a peppery accusation with one of your own.

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qiān
lead along
大 + 冖 + 牛
large dog + crown + cow
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There is a large dog that is the seeing eye dog for the royal cow, who is now blind, leading him along.

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xiào
school
木 + 交jiāo
wood + mingle
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one-room wooden schoolhouse where different ages mingle

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shěn
auntie
女 + 审shěn
woman + painstaking
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(This is your father's younger brother's wife, so picture her.) This auntie painstakingly grows beets inside her house.

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easy
日 + 勿
sun/day + knot
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Sew by the window to make it easier to tie knots with the sunlight.

It is easy to waste your day getting tied in knots over things out of your control.

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chá
investigate
宀 + 祭
house + offer sacrifice
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(like a police investigation) They are investigating the house where it is rumored they still offer animal sacrifice.

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shì
suitable
舌shé + 辶
tongue + road
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Suitable for your Tongue: A common schoolhouse practice is licking the road as a suitable punishment for unsuitable words spoken in the classroom. (1930's On the Road)

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waves
氵 + 皮
water + covering
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waves are the covering of the water OR waves cover the beach

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wēng
elderly man
公 + 羽
public + wings
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an elderly man turned angel goes public with his wings OR 公 also means a male animal: can you picture this elderly man like a rooster flapping his wings and making noise but not going anywhere?

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yīng
cherry
木 + 婴yīng
tree + baby
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The babies of the tree are cherries (vs. plums who are the children 李lǐ plum).

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táo
peach
木 + 兆zhào
tree + omen
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peach pit looks like 兆, a turtle shell OR carved walnuts 核桃 are good luck omens

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stumble
L + 田 + 疋
chapel + field + Spartan race
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Yakov stumbled in the field behind the chapel during his Spartan race.

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chuáng
bed
广guǎng + 木
cave + tree
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"You have a seat 座 and a mat 席 in your cave, but you decide to upgrade to a bed and bring in a tree trunk." (Hunter-Gatherer)

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