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qìng
*frontier war
声 + 殳
voice + boomerang
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the voice of the boomerang crying against the soldiers of the occupying flag

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stop up
土 + 者
soil + hero
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The hero escapes a landslide that stops up the road.

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zāi
sow
𢦏zái +木
tank + tree
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Other machinery is invented based on the tank. This tank-like tractor smooths the ground before trees are sown.

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zhì
until
I + 土
Great Wall + soil
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China won’t collapse until the Great Wall turns to soil

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jīn
Tianjin
氵 + 聿
water + writing brush
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The water in Tiānjīn is so polluted, it is like ink for a writing brush.

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xiàn
trap
⺈ + 臼
mask + rib cage
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This is a Halloween trap (maybe a pit, a large mouse trap?). Somehow include a mask and rib cage.

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quān
circle [n.]
囗 + 卷juǎn
enclose + roll
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enclose something in a circle, round like a roll

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bié
distinguish
另 + 刂
another + sword
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Distinguish one part from another by separating them with a sword.

别 is also used as a contraction of "bú yào" meaning "don't": Don't make another move or else! (sword raised)

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jiāo
apprehensive, *roast bird
隹 + 灬
special bird + cooking fire
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roasted turkey

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huài
bad
土 + 不
soil + no
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land marked “no” as bad, contaminated

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shì
vision
礻shì + 见
Eastern altar + see
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"Dear Ancestors, can you see the television? We don’t know if you still have vision as spirits, but we want to share this modern wonder with you." (Petitioning the Ancestors)

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háng
a business, *intersection
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alternatively: 彳+一+丁 queue + one/ceiling + nail, queue at the hardware business to buy the one nail available

When this character separates its left and right halves and there is another component in the middle, we'll call it "boulevard."

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zhù
wish well
礻 + 兄
Eastern altar + teenager
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Dear Ancestors, I am just a teenager, so please wish me well on my exams.

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xiāo
desolate
艹 + 肃
flowers + solemn
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As Ms. Xiao looked at the solemn flowers around her at the funeral, she felt desolate.

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reside
尸 + 古gǔ
corpse/flag + ancient
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permanent residence of the corpse is the tomb

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nǎi
milk [n.]
女 + 乃nǎi
woman + fist
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woman squeezes with fist and gets milk

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nucleus
木 + 亥hài
tree + acorn
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the nucleus of a tree is an acorn

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toilet
厂 + 则zé
cliff + rule
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there is a rule about putting porta-potties too close to cliffs

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xié
wicked
牙yá + 阝
tooth + city walls
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Dreaming about a wicked dentist’s ghost, who lurks by the city walls at night, waiting for victims from whom he can extract a tooth.

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