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bàng
stick [n.]
木 + 奉fèng
tree/wood + proffer
Character Notes

the Natural proffers his bat to the boy (Robert Redford baseball movie)

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jiàng
artisan
匚 + 斤
box + axe
Character Notes

The axe you use for more detailed carpentry work, you keep in a box with other tools of the trade.

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gēn
heel [n./v.]
⻊ + 艮gèn
lower leg + silver
Character Notes

"Mother, may I put my silver-spurred heel forward?" (Mother, May I?)

"Silver rush was followed on its heel by the Panic of 1893." (Silver Mining)

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send out, *friend’s hair
友 + 丶
friend + “hairstyle”
Character Notes

your friend sends out messages of herself showing off her hair by flipping it off her shoulder

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last [n./adj.]
一 + 木
one + tree
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top branches are fully mature

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未wèi not yet
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ruò
as if
艹 + 右yòu
flowers + right
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If we put flowers on the right, they will cover up the speaker.

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bàn
petal
辡biàn + 瓜
counter attack + melon
Character Notes

as they counter attack with a melon, petals from the blossom fall OR on either side of the melon are petals hiding chili peppers

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táo
grapes (B)
艹 + 匋táo
flowers + lidded clay pot
Character Notes

Pu and Tao are sitting under the flowering arbor where grapes are bound up in clusters. Pu uses a needle to inject the juice intravenously and Tao drinks the juice from a clay pot.

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nán
difficult
又 + 隹
right hand + special bird
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difficult to catch/stuff a turkey with your right hand

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child
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as a component: “子字旁”

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nǎi
only then, *fist
right hand modified
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lián
inexpensive
广 + 兼jiān
cave + double
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most inexpensive house for someone with double jobs is a cave

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jīng
whale
鱼 + 京jīng
fish + capital
Character Notes

in the fish capital reigns a whale

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leather [n.]
廿 + 口 + 十
twenty + mouth + needle
Character Notes

make twenty holes with a needle in a leather belt

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dāo
*sword
knife modified
Character Notes

as a component: “立刀旁”

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mǐn
sensitive
每měi + 攵
every + taskmaster
Character Notes

Every taskmaster must be sensitive to a bride’s true needs (not just what she says she wants).

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héng
horizontal
木 + 黄huáng
tree/wood + yellow
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tree becomes yellow when it has fallen down horizontal

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shàng
above
卜 + 一
magic wand + floor
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magic wand hovering above the floor

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下xià below

liè
hunt
犭 + 昔
Aesop + times past
Character Notes

Hunting with dogs was popular in times past.

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