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miǎn
avoid, *hare
兔 - 丶
rabbit - drop
Character Notes

rabbit missing his tail, avoided being killed

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chú
eliminate
阝 + 余yú
pinnacle + excess
Character Notes

"Don’t worry (about the price tag), at Pinnacle Weddings we eliminate the excess." (Wedding Planner)

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zhòu
curse [v.]
吅 + 几
chatterbox + wind
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Grandma, who was sitting on the bench, but is now flat on her behind, curses the wind—twice!

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enter
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a picture of a wedge

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人rén person

céng
formerly, *gremlin
丷 + ee + 曰
horns + evil eyes + sayeth
Character Notes

This is a picture of just the gremlin’s head with a big wide grinning mouth.

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兽shòu beast
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liè
intense
列liè + 灬
line up + cooking fire
Character Notes

Intense scene: zombies lined up with swords with flames under their feet.

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jiàng
General
丬qiáng + 夕 + 寸
turtle + evening + thumb
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things pinned to the General’s evening dress: turtle shells, thumbs up

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zhā
prick
扌 + 乚
hand + dental hook
Character Notes

The dentist uses a dental hook to prick the teeth, looking for soft spots.

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yàng
appearance
木 + 羊yáng
wood + sheep
Character Notes

a wooden sheep has the appearance of a sheep

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xíng
punishment
开 + 刂
open hands + sword
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open your hands for your punishment, slapped with a sword

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jiū
research [v.]
穴 + 九jiǔ
hole + nine
Character Notes

There's a hole in the research: why do the results only come back nine out of ten times?

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wán
stubborn
元yuán + 页
Adam&Eve + head
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With this choice of life comes children. And their first child, Cain, is a stubborn one, a real blockhead.

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gǎn
hurry [v.]
走 + 干gān
walk + dry/clothesline
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walking in a hurry because it is about to rain and your clothes are on the line

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yǐn
*dental hook
fishing modified
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𠃌 gǔn coat hook

solid
囗 + 古gǔ
enclose + ancient
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a solid ancient wall

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tighten
革gé + 力lì
leather + muscle
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tighten the leather reins with your muscles

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zhē
*booyah
广 + 廿 + 灬
cave + twenty + cooking fire
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A big cave celebration calls for a big pot of booyah, a stew with any twenty ingredients you have on hand.

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mèi
younger sister
女 + 未wèi
woman + not yet
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younger sister, always being told “not yet

younger sister, named Mae, is not yet a woman

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dēng
lamp
火 + 丁dīng
fire + nail
Character Notes

modern transparent light bulb lamp that looks like a nail on fire

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