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lín
neighbor
令lìng + 阝
alarm clock + city walls
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neighbors with an alarm system and city walls around their house

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shén
gods
礻 + 申shēn
Eastern altar + beet
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Dear Ancestors, we offer this beet for you to help us in petitioning the gods of the harvest.

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xiá
spare time
日 + 叚jiǎ
day/sun + copycat
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her spare time during the day filled with buying copycats

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xiāng
countryside
幺 + 丿
cocoon + slash
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countryside is where they raise silk worms, can see them pull out the thread

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lùn
theory
讠 + 仑lún
microphone + lifeguard
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lifeguard starts broadcasting his theories over the P.A. when he gets bored at the beach

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jié
*stamped
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originally a picture of a Chinese chop

as a component: “单耳刀” or “单耳旁”

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āi
fine dust
土 + 矣yǐ
soil + Dart family tomb
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dusty family tomb

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zhèng
disease
疒 + 正zhèng
sickness + correct
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a correct diagnosis of a disease is the first step in its treatment

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mào
lush
艹 + 戊
flowers + cannon
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They found this cannon half-buried in the jungle, now lush with flowers.

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nào
stir up trouble
门 + 市
gate + market
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Someone has stirred up trouble at the market at Damascus gate.

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xiǎng
echo [n.]
口 + 向xiàng
mouth + orientation
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use mouth to get orientation from your echo OR “Wha’s happenin’?” he echoes. “Let me give you an orientation.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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shēn
extend
亻 + 申shēn
persona + beet
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your persona extends you a beet OR expresses/extends an invitation to the beet festival

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chì
*queue
亻 + 亻
persona + persona
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queue" is the British word for a line of people

as a component: “双人旁” or “双立人”

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sāng
funeral
土 + 丷 + A
soil + horns + kerchief
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rituals at the funeral, tossing soil on top of the coffin decorated with horns and a kerchief

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yàn
banquet
宀 + 日 + 女
house + day + woman
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for a banquet, it takes a woman all day to prepare the house

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xiàn
filling
饣 + 臽xiàn
food + trap
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filling gets trapped in the rib cage of the stuffed bird

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bestow, *fishing spear
矛 - 丿
spear - stroke
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A spear is used when running and a fishing spear is used standing. Picture it being bestowed on the next generation.

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continue
纟 + 卖
thread + sell
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To be continued…leaves you hanging by a thread to sell more books.

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shì
soldier
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broad soldiers, feet at attention

as a component: “士字旁”

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土 tǔ soil
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