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shòu
received
M + 又
birdhouse + right hand
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You received a message in your birdhouse and pulled it out with your right hand.

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yán
speech
亠 + 二 + 口
top hat + two + mouth
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words coming out of a mouth

derivative: 讠 *microphone

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chí
spoon [n.]
是shì + 匕
to be + spoon
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it IS a spoon

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qiāo
knock
高gāo + 卜 + 又
tall + magic wand + right hand
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tall wizard used the magic wand in his right hand to knock on Bilbo’s door

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gōng
work [n.], *I-beam
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derivative: *经 *crane

as a component: “工字旁”

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select [v.]
扌 + (又二丨)
hand + performance bouquet
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hand selects the perfect performance bouquet

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topic
是 + 页
is + head/page
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The topic is written on the head of the first page: To Be.

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提tí bring up
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wèi
position [n.]
亻 + 立
persona + stand up
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when a persona of position comes in, you stand up

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áo
*playboy
龶 + 万 + 攵
grow up + ten thousand + taskmaster
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Despite having grown up with tens of thousands of tutors, coaches, trainers (taskmasters), he rejected all their advice and does his own thing.

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jìng
quiet
青qīng + 争zhēng
green-blue + contend
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Picture the quiet after the storm, clear green-blue skies after contention.

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lián
one after another
车 + 辶
vehicle + road
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One after Another: Vehicles Families are loading their vehicles, and one after another they are fleeing Oklahoma.

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lún
wheel
车 + 仑lún
vehicle + lifeguard
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You use the lifeguard’s ring buoy as a spare wheel for a vehicle that broke down at the beach.

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shì
clan
丿 + 𠄌 + w
slash + plow + "weapon"
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family crest: slash your land with a plow and defend your clan with a weapon (弋-丶)

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yuàn
wish [n.]
原yuán + 心
original + heart
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What was the original wish of your heart?

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assets
次cì + 贝
next + shells
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Next, next, next,” you are counting your shells, or your assets.

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bèi
prepare
夂 + 田
walking legs + field
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preparing for spring planting, walking around the fields

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jiāng
Yangtze
氵 + 工
water + I-beam/work
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Yangtze is a working river OR 3 Gorges Dam built of I-beams

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yuán
Yuan
土 + 口 + 𧘇
soil + mouth + scarf
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a man named Yuan, silenced with soil and mouth tied with a scarf

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fǎn
go back
反fǎn + 辶
against + road
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Go Back Against: As Okies flow west, legislators from California go east, back against the flow, to Washington to demand support for migrants. (1930's On the Road)

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