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bàn
play the part of
扌 + 分fēn
hand + part
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hand divides up the play, giving each player their part

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jiù
*rib cage
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derivative: 叟 *skeleton

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yìn
print
X + 卩
staples + stamped
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get your printout stapled and stamped

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zhé
discount [n.]
扌 + 斤
hand + catty/axe
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show discount on your hand for a 斤jīn of fruit OR This small hand axe you got on discount.

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é
goose
我wǒ + 鸟
I/me + bird
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my pet bird is a goose

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hūn
marriage
女 + 昏hūn
woman + dusk
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woman joins another clan at dusk

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yán
grind away [v.]
石 + 开
stone + open
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use stone to grind away and open what you are researching

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chū
exit [v.]
山 + 山
mountain + mountain
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exit through a pass between two mountains

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chǎo
noisy
口 + 少shǎo
mouth + few
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even a few mouths can be noisy OR "He’s got a few noisy riffs." (Trumpeter Wu)

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xiǎo
small
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as a component: “小字旁”

component derivative: ⺌ “小字头”

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bān
sort [n.]
舟 + 殳
boat + boomerang
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picture the sort of boats used by aboriginal people (dugout canoes), perhaps decorated with carvings of boomerangs

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zhěn
pillow
木 + 冘yín
tree/wood + crown prince
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The crown prince is convinced that a wooden pillow is good for his posture.

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guó
country
囗 + 玉
enclose + jade
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country’s wealth (jade) is enclosed, crown jewels protected

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tīng
hall
厂 + 丁dīng
cliff + nail
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use a nail to extract marble from a cliff to build the hall

impressive Chinese hall complete with indoor cliff, but you still stub your toe on an exposed nail

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qīn
invade
亻 + 4jìn
persona + Amelia Bedelia
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your persona and Amelia Bedelia invade the house party, brooms in hand

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kǎi
triumphant
岂 + 几
[rhetorical question] + wind
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Moses goes to Pharaoh and requests him to “let his people go.” Pharaoh asks the rhetorical question, “Who is the Lord?,” and Moses answers with a series of plagues, including an east wind that brings in locusts that cover the land. After ten such plagues, Moses is ultimately triumphant over Pharaoh who lets Israel go.

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huī
brandish
扌 + 军
hand + chariot
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The army prince practices the military arts: brandishing a sword with his hand and driving a chariot. OR 扌 + 冖 + 车 hand + crown + vehicle beauty queen riding in a parade waves her hand

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tíng
court of law
广 + 廷tíng
cave + royal court
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You have probably moved beyond hunter-gatherer into a more complex community when one of the caves becomes a court of law.

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