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zhí
breed [v.]
歹 + 直zhí
carcass + straight
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breed horses for their straight bones

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fán
numerous
敏 + 糸
sensitive + fine silk
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numerous members of the family have a sensitivity to fine silk

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shān
delete
册 + 刂
Vol + sword
Character Notes

This volume needs to be deleted. Cut it off with a sword!

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shù
villa
野 + 土tǔ
wild + soil
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often a villa is built to take advantage of the wild countryside where there is plenty of soil

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zhàng
cane
木 + 丈zhàng
wood + one's elder
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a cane is wood used by one's elder

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chóu
animosity
亻 + 九jiǔ
persona + nine
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persona has nine reasons for animosity against his enemy

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hàn
defend against
扌 + 旱hàn
hand + drought
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have to hand water your flowers to defend against drought

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huì
favor
一 + 日 + 虫 + 心
one + day + insect + heart
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offered the favor (or special deal at the insect museum): for one day, you can catch insects to your heart's content

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shǎ
thick-headed
亻 + 囟 + 八 + 夂
persona + smartphone + animal legs/2 drops of sweat + walking legs
Character Notes

Your persona is thick-headed when it comes to new technology, would rather sweat it out with her walking legs than use a smartphone.

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xìn
*smartphone
丶 + 囗 + 乂
drop + enclosure + X
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a device with lots of X functions

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囱 cōng *GPS
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cuī
prod
亻 + 崔cuī
persona + wild turkey
Character Notes

your persona prods the wild turkey (to get it out of the way if it is alive or to see if the meat is fresh if it is to be eaten)

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xīng
fishy smell
月 + 星xīng
body part + star
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A body part (arm) of a star fish starts to smell fishy if it is broken off.

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urge [v.]
亻 + 足zú
persona + lower leg
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Your persona urges you with a kick in the pants (her lower leg meeting yours).

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migrate
彳 + 步
queue + step
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step from one queue to the next as you migrate lines at the grocery store

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numb
疒 + 畀bì
sickness + runny nose
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a sickness with a runny nose could be associated with a numbness of taste

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*runny nose
田 + 廾
field + two hands
Character Notes

a picture of the cavities of the nose with snot running out

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kuāng
rectangular basket
竹 + 匚fāng + 王wáng
bamboo + box + king
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bamboo rectangular basket holding portraits of the king

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jìng
powerful
Bjīng + 力
crane + muscle
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a crane has powerful muscles

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yín
recite
口 + 今jīn
mouth + now/clock
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The mouth on your clock recites the time every hour.

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