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jiàn
gradually
氵 + 斩zhǎn
water + hew
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water can gradually hew a fissure in rock

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zòng
rice dumpling
米 + 宗zōng
rice + religion
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pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves and eaten during Dragon Boat Festival; some scholars suggest they were originally offerings to the dragon god

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céng
story
尸 + 云
flag + cloud
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the building has so many stories that the flag on top is in the clouds

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next
冫 + 欠
ice + lack
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You have to wait for next round of ice skating because the ice lacks. Can you hear the Zamboni making the sound "ci"?

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jiǔ
long time, *mummy
勹 + 人
bound up + person
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This person has been bound up for a long time.

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jīn
towel
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as a component: “巾字旁”

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féng
Feng
冫 + 马
ice + horse
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Mr. Feng’s horse moves very slowly in the cold.

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yǎo
bite [v.]
口 + 交jiāo
mouth + mingle
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mingling father eats bites at cocktail party OR whatever you bite off mingles in your mouth

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zhì
system
牛 + 冂 + 刂
cow + hood + sword
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Temple Grandin’s cow system used a hood instead of a sword.

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yíng
win [v.]
亡 + 口 + 月 + 贝 + 凡
deceased + mouth + body part + shells + ordinary
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How to win a princess (like Snow White): go to her coffin 亡, kiss her mouth (a winning body part), offer her shells and sail 凡 away with her.

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chì
reprimand [v.], *bloody axe
斤 + \
axe modified
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Once again you must instruct your hunting companion. Leaving an axe bloody deserves a reprimand.

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xún
patrol [v.]
川 + 辶
stream + road
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patrol route like a stream, just keeps flowing down the road;, Patrol the Stream: “Hoovervilles” are shantytowns built by the homeless during the Great Depression (named after President Herbert Hoover, whom many want to blame for the economic downturn). The Dust Bowl has exacerbated conditions, and some people in California are trying to patrol their border to prevent the stream of “Okies” from coming into their state.

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shān
shirt
衤 + 彡shān
clothing + bird tail
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This shirt is modeled after birds' tails.

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remember
讠 + 己jǐ
microphone + snake
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tour guide warning of snakes (in a microphone) “remember to watch out!”

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gǒng
strengthen
工gōng + 凡
I-beam + ordinary
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I-beams strengthen ordinary office buildings

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mài
sell
十 + 买mǎi
ten + buy
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ten times the profit when you sell what you buy

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dupe
 其qí + 欠
laundry basket + yawn/lack
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duped into going to the laundry mat, only to have to wait, yawning, because you lack an open washing machine

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liàng
shiny
V + 几
tiara + wind
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"Princess Bling uses pressurized cans of air to clean her tiaras to make them shiny." (Royal Family)

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diē
slump [v.]
⻊ + 失
lower leg + lose
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Mother, I am slumping because I have lost the race.

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