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shuǐ
*water
water modified
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as a component: “三点水”

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冫 bīng ice
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guǐ
ghost
丶 + 田 + 儿 + 厶
drop + field + human legs + monument
Character Notes

This ghost costume has a top knot on the sheet with human legs showing out the bottom. His leg is chained to a monument.

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encourage
厉lì + 力lì
stern + muscle
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a stern personal trainer also encourages you to train your muscles

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duǒ
dodge
身 + 朵duǒ
somebody + earlobe
Character Notes

Somebody dodges behind a door (duǒ) and only their earlobe is showing. Alternatively: 身 + 几 + 木 somebody + wind + tree; The wind slips and slides, darts and dodges, around somebody, behind a tree.

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O

*owl
vulture modified
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tài
attitude
太tài + 心
overly + heart
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attitude shows when you are overly any emotion

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ba
[grammar particle]
口 + 巴bā
mouth + boa
Character Notes

starting sound of boa

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1

*bouquet
flowers modified
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upright flowers

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hài
*acorn
亠 + modified 以
top hat + by means of
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An acorn has a top hat and will become a tree by means of the embryo it is covering.

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take a wife
取qǔ + 女
take + woman
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Hopefully when a man takes a woman to wife, he also takes her somewhere nice.

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zhèn
town
钅 + 真zhēn
metal + true
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A village becomes a true town when there are metal buildings.

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shā
sand
氵 + 少shǎo
water + few
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water grinds away at the shells until they are a few bits

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砂shā gravel

sǎo
elder brother's wife
女 + 叟sǒu
woman + skeleton
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This is your skinny (or dead) elder brother's wife, or maybe she dressed up for Halloween as a skeleton?

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habitation
尸 + 至
flag + until
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habitat for humanity, not finished until flag on top

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look back
厂 + 已 + 页
cliff + snakeskin + head
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Like people in all ages, the Israelites rebelled. They were getting sick and dying from snake bites, so Moses gets up on a cliff, holds up his staff, wrapped with a snake, and says that all the people need to do to be healed is look back, turn their head toward God (represented by the staff), and they will live. (Bible Series)

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pīn
piece together
扌 + 并bìng
hand + combine
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use your hands to combine a puzzle, piece it together

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which?
口 + 那nà
mouth + that
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Ask: Which is it? That one?

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chéng
sincere
讠 + 成chéng
microphone + turn into
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in a microphone, sincerely: “I promise to turn into an honest man.”

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bǎo
treasure [n.]
宀 + 玉
house + jade
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Home is where they keep their treasure, but the greatest treasure comes in the news that they will be welcoming a 宝贝 bǎobèi baby!

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