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liào
material [n.]
米 + 斗
rice + big dipper
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different cooking materials like rice scooped out at the market with a big dipper

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cháng
intenstines
月 + (㇇勿)yáng
body part + piglet
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body part of a piglet used to case sausage

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husband
二 + 人
two + person
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a man becomes a husband when he is joined with a second person

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elder sister
女 + *弟
woman + *younger brother
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This is your evil elder sister, not your quiet older sister 姐(split personality if you don't have two?)

*younger brother with his horny head ripped off

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姐 jiě older sister

knowledgeable
十 + 尃
needle + thumb prick
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A Ph.D., knowledgeable in blood test research and its thumb prick methods, invented a new needle.

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x阝

*city walls
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as a component on the right side of the character; “右耳旁” or “右耳刀”

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morality
彳 + 𢛳dé
queue + ten commandments
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The ten commandments, a moral code, have kept people in line for thousands of years. (Bible Series)

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can [aux. v.]
丁 + 口
nail + mouth
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“I think I can, I think I can.” Picture the Little Engine's mouth spitting nails.

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叮dīng sting

divination, *magic wand
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modified version:⺊; alternative breakdown: 丨+丶 stick + drop

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drum
壴gǔ + 支
drummer boy + branch
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The drummer boy uses a branch for a drumstick.

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duān
upright
立 + 耑duān
stand up + mountain man
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Standing upright (in the dragon boat) the mountain man presents the prize zongzi to the winner.

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méi
eyebrows
尸 + 目mù
(split) flag + eye
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eyebrows are a split flag over your eyes

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yǎng
raise [v.]
⺶yáng + 介
wool + introduce
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raise sheep for wool to introduce to the market

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it
宀 + 匕
house + spoon/person sitting
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I found it under the house—the lost spoon!

It” lives in this house, never leaves, sits inside all day.

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xiāo
nighttime
宀 + 肖xiào
house + resemble
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house resembles a candle at nighttime OR It is the nighttime feedings when dad helps with his son, who resembles him.

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you
亻 + 尔
persona + you [literary]
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alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

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cleam
氵 + 其qí
water + clothes hamper
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淇淋 qílín is a loan word for cream

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huán
ring [n.]
王 + 不
jewel + no
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A ring has a jewel and no thing in the middle (where you put your finger).

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xiè
thank
讠 + 射shè
microphone + shoot
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use a microphone to shoot somebody a thank you or thumbs up

alternatively: 讠+身+寸 microphone + somebody + thumb, in a microphone: thank you to the somebody who...they deserve a thumbs up

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