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xiào
effect [n.]
交jiāo + 攵
mingle + taskmaster
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To create the effect that you care about your guests, the taskmaster has ordered mingling after the speeches.

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shē
extravagant
大 + 者
large dog + hero
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The hero named his large dog Extravagance, and the stories about him around the campfire were larger than life.

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liǎn
face [n.]
月 + 佥qiān
body part + barn
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paint a face on a barn

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yáo
*ceremonial guard
戈 - 丶 + 儿
unloaded rifle + human legs
Character Notes

 A ceremonial guard named Yao: he could almost be a statue, his human legs are so still.

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shī
corpse, *flag
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as a component: “尸字头”

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muscle
月 + 几jǐ
body part + wind
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You do body part exercises using wind resistance to increase muscle.

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liáo
chat [v.]
耳 + 卯mǎo
ear + sealed and notarized
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you can listen to the chatter, but the real information is in the sealed and notarized original

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shòu
beast
丷 + 田 + 一 + 口
horns + field + one + mouth
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beasts of burden: horns in the field, one mouth (but multiple stomachs)

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sēn
forest
木 + 木 + 木
tree + tree + tree
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things in triplicate means a lot of them

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品pǐn goods 众zhòng multitude 晶jīng sparkling

chronicle
纟 + 己jǐ
thread + snake
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in the chronicles of the world, a common thread is the presence of the snake

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yōu
*senior taskmaster/active senior
亻 + 丨 + 攵/夂
old persona + taskmaster/walking legs
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an active old person, like most in China

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xìng
surname
女 + 生shēng
woman + life/seed
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A Chinese woman keeps her surname, but her seed takes her husband's.

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zhōu
continent
氵 + 州zhōu
water + state
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water divides states into continents

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jiōng
*hood
Character Notes

“同字匡”

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mìng
fate
8 + 口 + 卩
meeting + mouth + stamped
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Your fate is sealed at the meeting when what is said is stamped officially.

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hēi
black
里 + 灬
computer + cooking fire
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burnt computer is black

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fǒu
clay pot
午 + 凵
noon + pit
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ancient clay pot found in a pit, archaeologist marks the time 12:00

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xún
decameron
勹 + 日
bound up + day
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a decameron binds up ten days

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pin
*pole
木 + 小
tree + small
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