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bèng
hop [v.]
⻊ + 崩bēng
lower leg + crumble
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Mother, may I take a crumble hop?

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shuā
brush [n./v.]
尸 + 巾 + 刂
corpse/flag + towel + sword
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famous swordsman buried with his towel and toothbrush

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dōng
winter
夂 + 冫
walking legs + ice
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walking legs slip on the ice in the winter

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xìng
sex
忄 + 生shēng
meme + life/seed
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meme of process from pollination to a seed

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róng
glory [n.]
(艹宀)yíng + 木
rooftop garden + tree
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a glorious tree trying to break through to the rooftop garden

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zhuā
grab
扌 + 爪zhuǎ
hand + vulture
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use hand to grab like a vulture

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jìng
revere
艹 + 句jù + 攵
flowers + sentence + taskmaster
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What does a wedding taskmaster revere? Perfect flowers, perfect sentences.

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gāng
ridge
冂 + 乂
hood + sheaf
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need a hood for the wind 风 at the ridge

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风fēng wind

tòu
penetrate
秀xiù + 辶
elegant + road
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elegant road Champs d‘Elysee penetrates the city; (Light) Penetrates the Elegant (Structure): During the New Deal era, many civic buildings are being constructed including city halls, schools and libraries. Despite the practical nature of these buildings, many have elegant elements, making them national treasures. At this school in Portland, Oregon, light penetrates the elegant structure. (Milwaukie Junior High)

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guì
cassia-bark tree
木 + 圭guī
tree + bricks
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tree from which comes bricks of cinnamon powder

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fǒu
negate
不 + 口
no + mouth
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use mouth to negate someone’s idea

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color [n.]
⺈ + 巴
mask + boa
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This is “Rainboa”—a colorful masked snake.

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strike [v.]
扌 + 丁dīng
hand + nail
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when striking a nail you hit your hand

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shèng
holy
又 + 土
right hand + soil
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right hand raised, dedicating the soil to make it holy

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Asia
一 + 业yè
ceiling + profession
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break through the professional ceiling, get stuck in Asia

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halberd, *rifle
弋 + 丿
pistol + slash
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part of the weapon series of components (derived from ancient weapons): 弋yì pistol, 戈gē rifle, 戋jiān machine gun, 戊wù cannon, 𢦏zái tank‍

the next step up in guns, used in the Revolutionary War

as a component: “戈字旁”

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hán
harbor [v.]
今 + 口
now/clock + mouth
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harbor a grudge until now about what was said

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zhì
quality
𠂆 + 十 + 贝
drag + ten + shells
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Dragging your ten shells on the ground may reduce their quality.

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ā
aaah!
口 + 阿ā
mouth + Ayi
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what Ayi says with her mouth

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