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mào
lush
艹 + 戊
flowers + cannon
Character Notes

Picture finding a cannon half-buried in the jungle, now lush with flowers.

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nào
stir up trouble
门 + 市
gate + market
Character Notes

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
Character Notes

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/sun + woman
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Mother: For the banquet tonight, it took me all day to prepare the house. / Daughter: For the banquet, I want to make sure we get plenty of sunlight in the house for the lifestyle photo shoot.

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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
Character Notes

See his broad shoulders and feet at attention.

as a component: “士字旁”

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土 tǔ soil

biàn
dispute
辡biàn + 讠
counter attack + microphone
Character Notes

The counter attack in the microphone dispute was peppery hot.

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shū
*boomerang
几 + 又
wind + right hand/again
Character Notes

A boomerang is a weapon thrown with the hand that flies like the wind and comes back again.

As a component: “殳字旁”

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zhǎo
marsh
氵 + 召zhào
water + summon
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scene in the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings where the marsh is summoning

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yīn
in-law
女 + 因yīn
woman + cause
Character Notes

Cause of marriage a woman becomes part of in-law relationships.

Women are the cause of marriage. They want the stability of one man to help care for them and their children during child-rearing (and if the in-laws help, too, great!)

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law
彳 + 聿yù
queue + writing brush
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wait in line with your writing brush to take the bar exam

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Chinese acre
亠 + 田
top hat + field
Character Notes

mark off every acre in the field with a top hat

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huǎng
lie [n.]
讠 + 荒huāng
microphone + wasteland
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lies through a microphone create a moral wasteland

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diào
go fishin’
钅 + 勺sháo
metal + ladle
Character Notes

use a metal ladle to go fishing

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