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bluff
口 + 虎hǔ
mouth + tiger
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Is the tiger story told in the Life of Pi a bluff?

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zāo
messed up
米 + 曹cáo
rice + Cao
Character Notes

Cáo Cāo hasn't spent much time in the kitchen, so when he has to make his own rice, he messes it up.

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cèng
rub against
足 + 曾céng
lower leg + formerly/gremlin
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The gremlin rubbed against his lower leg as he wreaked havoc on the plane's cockpit.

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zhuó
chisel [v]
王 + 豖
jewel + hogtied
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You use the jewel to chisel through the rope on the hogtied pig.

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chù
*hogtied
豕 + 丶
sow + drop
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A sow tied up with all four feet together.

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zhēng
unshut [v]
目 + 争zhēng
eye + contend
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Your eyes contend to stay open.

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put aside
扌 + 阁gé
hand + cabinet
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Use your hand to put aside food in the cabinet.

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cabinet
门 + 各gè
gate + each
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In a cabinet, each item is stored carefully behind the gate (or cabinet door).

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diàn
pad
执 + 土
clench + soil
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To make a primitive pad for sitting on a rock, clench soft soil together in a pile.

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Oh!
口 + 约yuē
mouth + make an appointment
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"Oh! I forgot to make an appointment."

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āi
Good grief!
口 + 艾ài
mouth + Chinese mugwort
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"Good grief! This Chinese mugwort has taken over my garden."

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ài
Chinese mugwort
艹 + 乂
flowers + sheaf
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Picture Chinese mugwort gathered in a sheaf with its flowers on top.

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chóu
make arrangements
竹 + 寿shòu
bamboo + longevity
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They made arrangements for the bamboo forest to last for generations.

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zhān
glue
米 + 占zhān
rice + tell fortunes
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You use rice to glue the fortune teller's mouth shut.

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resign
舌 + 辛
tongue + peppery
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Her resignation was like a tongue on fire with chili pepper.

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huì
paint [v]
纟 + 会huì
thread + meeting
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A thread meeting, where we are painting slogans on raw canvas with threads sticking out of the frayed edges.

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slight [adj]
艹 + 氵 + 尃
flowers + water + thumb prick
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Slight Sarah (or a thin gardener you know) hooked up her flowers up to a thumb prick watering system.

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xié
take along
扌 + 隹 + 乃
hand + special bird + fist
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To take along a special bird, you'll have to make a fist to hold it tight.

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chàng
smooth
申 + 2yáng
beet + piglet
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Beets and piglets have smooth curly tails.

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