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méi
matchmaker
女 + 某mǒu
woman + picnic basket
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matchmaker sets up a blind date, a picnic OR matchmaking service offers free picnic basket on first date

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yào
want [v.]
西 + 女
Wild West + woman
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poster in the Wild West Wanted: Women

Western women want it all: family, career, etc.

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grip [v.]
扌 + 屋wū
hand + habitation
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use hand to grip the hand of the new home owner

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guàng
stroll
狂kuáng + 辶
crazy + road
Character Notes

Stroll like Crazy: In normal times, strolling in the middle of the road would be crazy, but this road was abandoned when the factory closed. (1930's On the Road)

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jiān
double [adj.]
丷 + 肀 + 八
horns + rakes + animal legs
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This is an illegal (horns) migrant worker who holds double jobs, a day laborer with a rake and a night hand at an animal shelter.

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kin
戊 + 上 + 小
cannon + above + small
Character Notes

Uncle Schubert does a cannonball jump into the pool to the delight of his younger kin. OR The justification of the cannon is it is protecting kin, flies above the small people.

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叔 shū uncle

xiè
discharge [v.]
氵 + 世shì
water + generation
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discharge of fluids, blood-letting was the cure-all for generations

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xiāng
aid [v.], *Jiminy Cricket
亠 + 吅 + wm + 𧘇
top hat + chatterbox + wire mesh + scarf
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Wearing a top hat and scarf, this chatterbox cricket doesn’t live in a wire mesh cage, but does aid Pinnochio. wire mesh *襄-亠-吅-𧘇

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nǎo
brain
月 + 㐫nǎo
body part + Scrooge
Character Notes

Scrooge had a developed brain (but not heart)

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jiǎn
pick up [v.]
扌 + 佥qiān
hand + barn
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hand picks up trash around the barn

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zhuàng
condition
丬qiáng + 犬
turtle + small dog
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a turtle and Pekingese live in very different conditions

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zhuàng
robust
丬qiáng + 士
turtle + soldier
Character Notes

a teenage mutant ninja turtle OR With his turtle-like armor, this soldier looks quite robust.

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jiǎo
rectify
矢 + 乔qiáo
dart + pretend
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Max Dart can rectify pretending to break his leg but not dying young.

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cōng
chimney/*GPS
丶 + 囗 + 夂
drop + enclosure + walking legs
Character Notes

You can picture this as a fireplace with firewood in the middle and smoke coming out the top of the chimney.

As a component, we'll call it a GPS: picture a device with a signal coming out the top that shows you where to walk.

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tangerine
木 + 矛 + 冂 + 八 + 口
tree + spear + hood + animal legs + mouth
Character Notes

In fact, you’ll find a spear so precise a tool that you will want them in all sizes. This is a small one you throw at a tangerine high up in a tree. The juice then drips into your mouth. alternatively: 木+矛+冏 tree + spear + dementor

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shá
wha?
口 + 舍shè
mouth + abode
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He’s with a friend: “Wha’s happenin’ in the abode?” (Trumpeter Wu)

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have to
彡 + 页
bird tail + head/page
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have to memorize the parts of the bird, like the tail and the head, on the page

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chuàng
initiate
仓cāng + 刂
storehouse + sword
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ribbon cutting ceremony (with a sword) initiating a new Costco

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scatter
扌 + 散sǎn
hand + scattered
Character Notes

use hand to scatter

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