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guǎn
pipe
⺮ + 官guān
bamboo + bureaucrat
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This game will mimic the bureaucracy side of plumbing—passing responsibility down the bamboo pipeline.

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fēng
bee
虫 + 夆féng
insect + briars
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insects among the rose briars are bees

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dèng
bench
登dēng + 几
ascend + wind
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But, the wind isn’t through with her yet. With a whoosh from behind, it ascends the steps to the porch and knocks over the bench by the door.

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witch
工 + 人 + 人
work/I-beam + person + person
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witch cursed 2 people to forever carry I-beams OR a witch “works” on people OR This looks like a witch doctor with two voodoo dolls hanging on the inside of her cape.

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làng
breakers
氵 + 良liáng
water + halo
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One of Jesus’s most famous miracles was calming the breakers of the stormy Sea of Galilee.

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shū
hub
木 + 区qū
tree/wood + region
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Redwood City is a regional hub for technology

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huàng
sway [v.]
日 + 光guāng
sun + ray
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You sway when you are under the sun and the rays are too strong

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overcome [v.]
十 + 兄
ten/needle/cross + teenager
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Teenager takes 10 o’clock chocolate break in order to overcome. OR The needle has overcome the teenager (shooting up with chocolate). 巧克力qiǎokèlì chocolate OR The teenager has been overcome by Christ.

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xiān
immortal [n.]
亻 + 山shān
persona + mountain
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the immortals live in the mountains (like Olympus)

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me
[suffix]
丿 + 厶
slash + monument
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“m”monument

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identical
文 + C
gentleman farmer + crutches
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gentleman farmer is identical to his brother except for the crutches

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tān
paralysis
疒 + 难nán
sickness + difficult
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After hours in the ice cave, her limbs became difficult to feel. She convinced herself she was paralyzed.

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西

west, *Wild West
酉 - 一
whiskey bottle - “whiskey”
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empty whiskey bottle on the streets of the Wild West

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biān
border
力 + 辶
muscle + road
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"Border with Muscle: With unemployment in the U.S. soaring, patrols are building up muscle on the border to keep Mexicans out." (1930's On the Road)

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wèi
meaning
讠 + 胃wèi
microphone + stomach
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microphone announces dinner time, it’s as if the stomach understands the meaning and growls

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zhāng
chapter
立 + 早
stand up + early
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stand up early, quit reading after just a chapter

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píng
level ground
土 + 平píng
soil + even
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soil that is even is level ground

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no, *no symbol
一 + 丿 + 卜bǔ
ceiling + slash + magic wand
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alternatively: 下 + 丿 below + slash

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zàng
inter [v.]
艹 + 死 + 廾
flowers + death + two hands
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inter with flowers on top of death, two hands folded on chest

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