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donkey
马 + 户hù
horse + door
Character Notes

Horses don’t fit through doors, donkeys do.

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yōu
secluded
山 + 幺yāo
mountain + 2 cocoons
Character Notes

Take a secluded honeymoon in the mountains like two cocoons.

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yuán
reason [n]
纟 + 彖tuàn
thread + hedgehog
Character Notes

The reason I have tied a thread on this hedgehog is because I want to keep him for my garden.

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*hedge
broom modified
Character Notes

This is a modified version of 彐 which anciently was a "snout", but I find it easier to think of as a "broom". This modified version 彑 we'll call a "hedge" because it is most commonly seen in the component 彖 which I call "hedgehog".

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tuàn
*hedgehog
彑 + 豕
hedge + sow
Character Notes

See the hog hiding under the hedge?

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embarrassed
尢 + 介
lame + introduce
Character Notes

You feel embarrassed about your lame introduction.

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jìn
promote
亚 + 日
Asia + day/sun
Character Notes

Land of the Rising Sun promoted Asia in the world economy.

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plastic
屰 + 月 + 土
devil's pitchfork + moon + soil
Character Notes

Picture a devil's pitchfork (a plastic fork) planted in the soil in the moonlight.

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pàn
await hopefully
目 + 分fēn
eye + part
Character Notes

Your eye awaits hopefully looking at your part of the pie.

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amiable
目mù + 圭 + 八
eye + bricks + water drops
Character Notes

You watch over the brick making (adding water to soil) with your eye to make sure it is amiable (and doesn't turn into a mud fight).

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batter
米 + 胡hú
rice + beard
Character Notes

A batter made of rice flour is in your beard.

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jiáo
chew
口 + 爵jué
mouth + upper crust
Character Notes

There is a proper way to chew with your mouth as taught by the upper crust.

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sound of smacking lips
口 + 即jí
mouth + immediately
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In anticipation of something yummy, your immediate reaction is smacking your lips.

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mán
deceive
目 + 艹 + 两
eye + flowers + yoke
Character Notes

Deceive them by yoking their eyes with flowers.

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nián
sticky
黍 + 占zhàn
grain tarp + tell fortunes
Character Notes

telling fortunes under a sticky and humid grain tarp

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dried meat
月 + 昔
body part + times past
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Dried meat was the body part of an animal in times past.

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squint
目 + 米mǐ
eye + rice
Character Notes

Squint your eyes until they look like two grains of rice.

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chī
sound of ripping or giggling
口 + 赤chì
mouth + crimson
Character Notes

When you see the crimson drop of blood coming from the needle in the dancing penguin's head, your mouth giggles.

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pounce on
扌 + 卜bǔ
hand + magic wand
Character Notes

You are trying to pounce on a moving object with your hand or a magic wand.

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