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lychee
艹 + 劦liè
flowers + 3 muscles
Character Notes

Lychee is a flowering tree. 力 is pronounced lì, so think: lì lì lì lychee!

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qián
submerge
氵 + 替
water + replace
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When an object is submerged, it replaces water.

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bèi
tired out
备bèi + 心
prepare + heart
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You put you heart into preparing by walking around the field, and now you are all tired out.

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yùn
pregnant
乃 + 子
only then/fist + child
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This character as a whole kind of looks like a pregnant woman's stomach holding a child.

Only when there is a child inside, then you can say someone is pregnant.

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cái
stuff [n]
木 + 才cái
tree/wood + genie
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A toy genie made of wood stuff.

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jiàn
recommend
艹 + 存
flowers + deposit
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You recommend that the old flowers be deposited in the compost.

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xián
title
行 + 钅
boulevard + metal
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We knew him by his street title: Metal King of the Boulevard.

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kěn
gnaw
口 + 肯kěn
mouth + agree
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As you gnaw on a crisp apple, your mouth agrees with your thought that it would taste great.

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jiǎng
oar
5jiāng + 木
chocolate turtle + tree/wood
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The prize for the best oar-ing is a chocolate turtle.

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gǎo
engage in
扌 + 高gāo
hand + tall
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This is a fairly generic verb that can be used in lots of situations, so using the sound component to remember it is probably your best bet.

Use your hands to engage in planning or building a tall tower.

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bēn
dash [v]
大 + 卉
large dog + plants
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A St Bernard dashes into the plants to find his bone.

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chóu
silk fabric
纟 + 周zhōu
thread + circumference/lap
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Silk fabric is made of threads and is wrapped around the circumference of the person.

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yōng
hug
扌 + 用yòng
hand + Little Red Riding Hood
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Little Red Riding Hood reaches out her hands to give her grandmother a hug.

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fǎng
mimic
亻 + 方
persona + direction/compass
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Your persona mimics a boy scout leading his troop in the wrong direction with a compass.

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yíng
replete
乃 + 又 + 皿
fist + again/right hand + dish
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Your fist grabs again and again (with your right hand) from a dish that is replete with candy.

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chái
firewood
此 + 木
this [literary] + tree/wood
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In this fairy tale, the son stacks the firewood without being reminded.

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biē
suppress
敝bì + 心
shredder + heart
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The shredder suppresses all the emotions of his heart.

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*shredder
冂 + 米mǐ + 攵
hood + rice + taskmaster
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Picture a WWF dude named "The Shredder" who wears a hood, only eats rice and takes others to task!

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dūn
squat
足 + 尊zūn
lower leg + venerate
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In traditional Thai culture, you would keep your head lower than the person you want to venerate, so squatting could be appropriate.

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