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kindhearted
兹zī + 心
Siamese twins + heart
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kindhearted response to the charity drive for Siamese twins

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*Siamese twins
玄 + 玄
mysterious + mysterious
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Siamese twins are doubly mysterious!

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xuán
mysterious
亠 + 幺
top hat + cocoon
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it is mysterious how the cocoon got in his top hat

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plead
口 + 于yú
mouth + clothing pulley
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What is hanging by its mouth on the clothing pulley that you are pleading to get back?

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chàng
start
亻 + 昌chāng
persona + prosperous
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Once your persona is prosperous, s/he feels the confidence to start taking action on various causes.

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dùn
shield
𠂆 + 十 + 目
drag + ten + eye
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dragging a shield emblazoned with ten eyeballs

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xún
comply with
彳 + 盾
queue + shield
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queue up to comply with the new rule to get your shield emblazoned with ten eyeballs

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zào
chirping
口 + 喿zào
mouth + chirping
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the mouths of birds chirping in a tree

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héng
weight
行háng + 鱼 + 大
boulevard + fish + large dog
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At the boulevard street market, vendors are selling fish and large dogs by weight.

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wěi
latitude
纟 + 韦wéi
thread + tanned hide
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a leather map made from a tanned hide with threads stitched in as the latitude lines

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starving
饣 + 几jǐ
food + wind
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food cupboards bare, wind blowing through them

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xiào
howl
口 + 肃
mouth + solemn
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When the cat solemnly takes a bite out of the mouse, there is a howl.

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fork in the road
止 + 支
footprint + branch
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footprint stops to consider which branch of the road to take

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confidential
禾 + 必bì
grain + certainly/cross my heart
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A secret-ary goes out to the grain field to tell you something confidential. You cross your heart and certainly promise not to share it.

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yòu
young
幺yāo + 力
cocoon + muscle
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The process of breaking out of the cocoon tests the muscles of the young moth.

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residence
宀 + 禺yú
house + beekeeper
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house becomes a residence for many creatures, including bees

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bēi
memorial
石 + 卑bēi
stone + lowly
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stone memorial was built to commemorate the efforts of lowly factory workers in the war

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líng
bully
冫 + 夌líng
ice + mole
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You could bully a mole by icing over its hole.

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líng
*mole
土 + 八 + 夂
soil + animal legs + walking legs
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A mole is an animal that walks under the soil.

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