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sāi
*hamster cage
宀 + R + 八
house + wire mesh + animal legs
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a hamster in a cage

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amusement
女 + 吴wú
woman + Wu
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Trumpeter Wu has a day of amusement planned with his woman.

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crow
鸟 - 丶
bird - drop
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“The Crow”  You are probably familiar with Aesop’s fable of the crow and the fox. A crow has cheese a fox wants. The fox asks the crow to sing. It does and drops the cheese. Moral: Do not trust flatterers. See in this character how the bird has dropped something? That’s how we know it is a crow.

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yóu
just like
犭 + 尤yóu
Aesop + Goofy
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Just Like GoofyGoofy, like other Disney characters, is an animal with human characteristics, mannerisms and even clothes. And, just like fables are animal stories meant to tell humans something about themselves, maybe we can all see a bit of our ourselves in Goofy. Moral: Are you a human acting like an animal or an animal posing as a human? (Fables)

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zhàn
war
占zhān + 戈
tell fortunes + rifle
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The fortune tellers of the day predicted the number of rifles would determine the outcome of the war.

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huái
cherish
忄 + 不
meme + no
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You post a meme of the song “Cherish Is the Word” and get the response "No!!"

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*beekeeper
虫 + 田 + 冂
insect + field + hood
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beekeeper cares for insects in the field, protected by a hood

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yíng
greet
卬áng + 辶
collection of originals + road
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"Greet the Collection of Originals: Part of the New Deal is a Federal Art Project that will employ over 10,000 artists and establish over 100 community art centers where the public can greet the collections of originals commissioned during this time period." (1930's On the Road)

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zhuàng
bump into
扌 + 童
hand + juvenile
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using a hand, a juvenile plays marbles that bump into each other

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cuì
fragile
月 + 危wēi
body part + danger
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body part in danger of breaking is fragile

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huá
slippery
氵 + 骨
water + bone
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slippery when wet, easy to break a bone

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suí
as you wish
阝 + 有 + 辶
pinnacle + possess + road
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A groom’s pinnacle display of the ‘as you wish’ attitude toward the bride is allowing her to possess the road. She walks down the aisle, not him. (Wedding Planner)

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diàn
electricity
日 + 乚
sun + hook
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a lightning bolt is like a streak of electricity from the sun

picture of a kite

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bài
adore
手 + 一 + 丰
hand + ceiling + bushes
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hand holding a smoking bush (incense), smoke rising to the ceiling

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qín
diligent
堇jǐn + 力
leather rug + muscle
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diligently tear away the edges of the leather rug with your muscle to make it perfectly round

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membrane
月 + 莫mò
body part + mirage
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a membrane is a body part that seems a little like a mirage because it is translucent

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huò
misfortune
礻 + 呙guō
Eastern altar + esophagus
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Dear Ancestors, an esophagus misfortune has come upon this family. Please bless the surgery goes well.

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liǔ
willow
木 + 卯
tree + sealed and notarized
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sealed and notarized original of a willow tree ink painting

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juàn
dependents
龹juàn + 目
quarter + eye
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a quarter of your dependents have blue eyes

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