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chí
pond
氵 + 也
water + scorpion
Character Notes

water inside the pond and scorpions in the sand around the pond

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happiness
礻 + 畐fú
Eastern altar + rich man
Character Notes

Dear Ancestors, I would like the full-belly and full-wallet kind of happiness this year.

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coarse
米 + 且
rice + shelves
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the coarse rice is kept on the shelf until it is ready to process

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wēi
danger
⺈ + 厂 + 㔾
mask + cliff + worm
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animals running over cliffs and worms coming up out of the ground warn of coming danger

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gōng
palace
宀 + 吕
house + spine
Character Notes

The White House is a palace that requires a lot of spine OR the palace was designed with a central corridor as a spine

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dòng
freeze [v.]
冫 + 东dōng
ice + east/rickshaw
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wheels of the rickshaw are frozen with ice

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leave [v.]
㐫 + 冂 + 厶
Scrooge + hood + monument
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Scrooge wants to leave the past behind him, builds a hooded monument to the Ghost of Christmas Past

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pawn [v.]
扌 + 甲jiǎ
hand + radish
Character Notes

pawn (hand over) the jade radish heirloom

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mother
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a picture of breasts

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tiē
paste
贝 + 占
shells + tell fortunes
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put money into a vending machine that tells your fortune on a sticker

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帖tiě note

sòng
Song
宀 + 木
house + tree/wood
Character Notes

The Song Dynasty-style house with a tree growing it its center courtyard. OR Song dynasty architecture: wooden houses and pagodas

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shuǐ
*water
water modified
Character Notes

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
Character Notes

upright flowers

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