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shí
knowledge
讠 + 只zhǐ
microphone + only
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words from a microphone are only knowledge until they are implemented

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àn
shore
山shān + 厂 + 干gān
mountain + cliff + dry/clothesline
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Dillon Beach: mountains, cliffs, clotheslines

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wài
outside
夕 + 卜
evening + magic wand
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outside in the evening can be magic

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qiáng
*turtle
omen modified
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“将字旁”

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father
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occasion [n.]
阝 + 示
pinnacle + altar
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Coming to the altar is the pinnacle occasion of your life. (Wedding Planner)

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fěn
powder [n.]
米 + 分fēn
rice + part
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powder results from rice crushed into parts

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jìn
near
斤jīn + 辶
axe + road
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Someone has used an axe to make marks along the road to show how near you are to your destination.

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jīng
*crane
*又 + 工
“crane” + I-beam
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construction crane carrying an I-beam

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suddenly
勿wù + 心
knot + heart
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sudden heart attack: knot in the heart

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huǒ
*cooking fire
fire modified
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as a component: “四点火” or “四点底”

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liú
whistling [adj.]
氵 + 刘liú
water + Liu
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Liu whistled swiftly through that rowing race

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shēng
nephew-2
生shēng + 男
life/seed + male
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Your sister has given life to a male. You have a nephew!

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侄 zhí nephew

eaves
宀 + 于yú
house + clothing pully
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outside the house hanging from the eaves is a clothing pulley

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fán
ordinary
几 + 丶
wind + drop
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The girls laugh as they tie up the “ship” together and walk arm-in-arm to the friend’s house. The girl feels a drop of rain and the ordinary wind that comes with it. She wonders where the naughty wind that followed her has gone.

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host [n.]
黍 + 勹 + 丿
grain tarp + bound up + slash
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Ms. Li gathers a host of grain under a tarp, tied loosely so she can add more.

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mán
steamed bread
饣 + 曼màn
food + drawn out
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this food’s prep time is drawn out because of the time needed to rise

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separate [v.]
阝 + 鬲gé
pinnacle + pressure cooker
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Both separation and quarantining together are the pinnacle pressure cookers for relationships. OR (glancing over the shoulder of the bride looking at an appliance catalogue) “The pinnacle appliance to have during quarantine is a pressure cooker.”

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dān
assume
扌 + 旦dàn
hand + daybreak
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Every morning stretch hands up at daybreak and assume responsibilities.

Use your hand to turn off the alarm at daybreak and assume your responsibilities.

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