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méi
rose
王 + 攵
jewel + taskmaster
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Beauty and the Beast: the jewel with the rose and the Beast as taskmaster OR The jewel of all flowers is the rose, fitting for our beloved taskmaster.

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lín
drench
氵 + 林lín
water + woods
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luckily no one has to water the woods, they get drenched from above

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kùn
trapped
囗 + 木
enclose + tree
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Picture hobbits trapped, enclosed by webs in the trees.

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duì
that’s right
又 + 寸
right hand + thumb
Character Notes

"That's right!” Swear it with your right hand or just give them a thumbs up.

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pēn
spurt
口 + 贲bēn
mouth + Hawaiian lei
Character Notes

Take a bite of tasty looking lei and spurt it out.

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carve
亥 + 刂
acorn + sword
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every time an acorn falls, carve a mark on the tree with a sword

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cún
deposit [v.]
𠂇 + 丨 + 子
by one's side + stick + child
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Mary McLeod Bethune was committed to depositing resources into the children of the next generation. “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”

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jiǎ
A, *radish
field modified
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root growing down into a field, first thing to grow out of the seed is labeled "A" in the diagram

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jiù
old
丨 + 日
stick + day/sun
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if you leave a walking stick out in the sun, it gets old

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xún
seek
彐 + 寸
broom + thumb
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Parable of the the Lost Coin: she seeks what is lost by sweeping the house with a broom, using her thumb to get it out of a crack. (Bible Series)

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jiě
older sister
女 + 且qiě
woman + shelves
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Your older sister (named Jenna?) has her shelf of books you can’t touch.

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biān
whip [n./v.]
革 + 便biàn
leather + convenient
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Indiana Jones keeps a leather whip convenient

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wáng
king, *jewel
一 + 土
ceiling + soil
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The king is the connection between heaven and earth.

as a component: “王字旁” when it appears on the left, we'll call it "jewel" (derived from 玉yù jade), when it is on the right or bottom, we'll call it "king"

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玉 yù jade

zhù
store up
贝 + 宀 + 一
shells + house + floor
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store up shells in the house by hiding them in the floor OR They start storing up their shells from the bottom up for the purchase of a new house.

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wān
bay [n.]
氵 + 弯wān
water + curved
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curve in the coastline is a bay

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jiǎng
lecture [v.]
讠 + 井jǐng
microphone + well
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in a microphone: lecture someone who fell down the well on the benefits of always keeping the cover on

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zhòu
universe
宀 + 由yóu
house + wherefore/sprout
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A house at one with the universe, where they grow and eat a lot of sprouts.

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merchant
西 + 贝
Wild West + shells
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Mr. Jia is a merchant in the Wild West who trades for shells

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mián
cotton
木 + 白 + 巾
tree/wood + white + towel
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woody bush that produces white towels is the cotton plant

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