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xiū
rest [v.]
亻 + 木
persona + tree
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your persona leaning against a tree to rest

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cǎi
hue
采cǎi + 彡
pick + bird tail
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pick out just the hues you want from the bird’s tail

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suī
*birdman
亻 + 隹zhuī
persona + special bird
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Is your persona a birdman? Or dresses as one for Thanksgiving?

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bēi
lowly
白 + 丿 + 十
white + slash + ten/needle
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If your immune system is lowly or inferior, you need an injection into your white blood cells.

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péng
Peng
壴 + 彡
drummer boy + bird tail
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This drummer boy, named Peng, adds a bird tail to his cap.

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máng
blind [adj.]
亡wáng + 目
deceased + eye
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when an eyeball dies, it goes blind

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bottom
广 + 氐dī
cave + wax seal
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Your cave village is separated into clans, each with their own wax seal at the bottom of their crest.

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guō
pot
钅 + 呙guō
metal + esophagus
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an esophagus bobs to the top of a boiling pot

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wealthy
宀 + 畐fú
house + rich man
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The wealthy house with just one rich man who loves to eat.

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jiǔ
liquor
氵 + 酉
water + whiskey bottle
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It's not water in the whiskey bottle.

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*fine silk
幺 + 小
cocoon + small
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The smallest cocoons make the finest silk.

as a component: “独立绞丝”

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zǒng
general [adj.]
丷 + 口 + 心
horns + mouth + heart
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In general, we don’t eat the horns, mouth, heart of an animal.

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zhuǎn/zhuàn
rotate
车 + 专zhuān
vehicle + specialty/corsage
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(seen rotating her vehicle) “Rotate! Forgot the corsages!”

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nun
尸 + 匕
corpse + spoon/person sitting
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nun keeping vigil (sitting down) by the corpse

a nun's corpse buried with spoon

a nun digging a grave with spoon

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xióng
bear [n.]
能 + 灬
ability + cooking fire
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circus bear has special ability to juggle spoons, adds fire OR (Smoky the Bear) You can (have the ability to) prevent forest fires.

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sǎn
scattered
龷 + 月 + 攵
flower arrangement + body part + taskmaster
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"The taskmaster has instructed everyone to scatter the flower arrangements on your body as you dance." (Wedding Planner)

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spoon, *person sitting
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as a component: “匕字旁”

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七qī seven

wéi
tanned hide
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cuò
mistaken
钅 + 昔
metal + times past
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Some were mistaken in times past thinking the metal they had found was gold, but it was fool’s gold.

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