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lǎo
old, *old person
土 + 丿 + 匕
soil + slash + sitting down/spoon
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Look at this picture of an old person: soil in their eyes, sitting on the ground.

An old person eventually returns to the soil, has to be fed with a spoon.

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rǎng
territory
土 + 襄xiāng
soil + Jiminy Cricket
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territory of Jiminy Cricket’s soil is small

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dài
arrest
隶 + 辶
bondservant
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Arrest the Bondservant: In some ways, sharecroppers during the Depression were bondservants. This one was minding his own business but still got arrested.

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xún
inquire
讠 + 旬xún
microphone + decameron
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you have inquired about the job, the microphone announces you can come back in a decameron for a second interview

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nóng
concentrated
氵 + 农nóng
water + agriculture
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The agriculture princess‘s new product: concentrated agriculture in a bottle—just add water!

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xiàn
constitution
宀 + 先xiān
house + first
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The Constitution house, where in their political views, one thing comes first: the Constitution!

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zán
we (inclusive)
口 + 自
mouth + nose
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refer to those you are taking to, refer your yourself by pointing at your nose

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pào
bubbles
氵 + 包bāo
water + wrap
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Bubbles in water are wrapped around air.

Picture bubble wrap that dissolves in water.

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kuī
loss
一 + 丂kǎo
one + broken bow/5
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This character looks like minus five (- 5), a loss.

He lost the string in his bow.

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fine [adj.]
纟 + 田
thread + field
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The threads from his silk field are the finest (thinnest).

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zhuāng
put on makeup
丬qiáng + 女
turtle + woman
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Picture a woman putting on makeup from a small turtle shell.

Some women take forever to put on makeup, as slow as a turtle.

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āo
concave
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zuǐ
orifice (mouth)
口 + 此 + 角
mouth + this [literary] + Big Bad Wolf
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This is the tale of the Big Bad Wolf: what a big mouth you have, or orifice, to be literary

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qīng
dragonfly (front end)
虫 + 青qīng
insect + green-blue
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green-blue insect

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*slaughterhouse
亼 + 刖yuè
meeting + butcher
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meeting of butchers at the slaughterhouse

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hòu
behind
𠂆 + 一 + 口
drag + one + mouth
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Imagine a back seat driver behind you dragging you down.

Someone is dragging behind in the chanting.

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同 tóng same

crane
冖 + 隹 + 鸟
crown + special bird + bird
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The crane is the crowned royal special bird of all birds.

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hàn
Han
氵 + 又
water + right hand
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Legend says the Han people came from the Yellow River: picture a right hand coming out of the water.

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