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currency
丿 + 巾
slash + towel
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Picture a beach towel with your favorite currency symbol on it.

Picture the slash showing the ratio in the exchange rate for currency; money is laundered with the towels.

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zhì
hurl
扌 + 郑zhèng
hand + Zheng
Character Notes

You use your hand to hurl Mr. Zheng out after he loses at dice.

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tóu
dice
骨 + 殳
skeleton + boomerang
Character Notes

a skeleton playing dice in the outback

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smash
石 + 匚 + 巾
stone + box + towel
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You use a stone to smash a box covered with a towel, so the shards inside don’t fly up.

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so what?
口 + 乍zhà
mouth + saw
Character Notes

"So I'm sawing, so what?"

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hào
consume
耒 + 毛máo
Christmas tree + fur
Character Notes

Some make Christmas the ultimate consumer holiday: waste trees and buy luxury goods like fur coats.

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time and again
尸 + 娄lóu
corpse/flag + bride
Character Notes

A corpse bride wants to get married time and again.

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jiǔ
chives
非 + 一
jail + floor
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Picture chives growing on the floor of a jail cell.

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lián
drapes
穴 + 巾
hole + towel
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When you first move in, a towel can act as drapes to cover the hole of the window.

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cuò
frustrate
扌 + 坐zuò
hand + sit
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You are frustrated: your hands are tied and you are sitting, unable to stand.

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jiá
cheek
夹jiā + 页
press from both sides + page/head
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You squeeze the cheeks, pressing from both sides of the head.

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bēi
sad
非fēi + 心
jail + heart
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In jail, your heart is sad.

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zhǒu
elbow
月 + 寸
body part + thumb
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Your elbow is a body part that bends like a thumb.

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quán
recover
疒 + 全quán
sickness + whole
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To recover means to go from sickness to being whole again.

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hàn
joggle
扌 + 感gǎn
hand + feel
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Use you hand to joggle the Boggle board until it feels settled.

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biàn
differentiate
辡biàn + 刂
counter attack + sword
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Unfortunately, a sword can cut through the counter attack of words to differentiate who is serious.

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zhà
extract
木 + 窄zhǎi
tree/wood + strait
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Trees have been extracted to make a strait passageway to the hut.

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pāo
toss
扌 + 九 + 力
hand + nine + muscle
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Picture your hand using nine muscles to toss a ball.

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dōu
pocket
白 + 匚 + 儿
white + box + human legs
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This could be a picture of a white bib with a pocket, keeping the human clean.

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