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péng
companion
月 + 月
2 body parts
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Adam and Eve were created as companions. They were so close, Adam called her “flesh of my flesh.”

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cǎo
*flowers
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derivative: 1 *bouquet

as a component: “草字头”

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dǒng
director
艹 + 重zhòng
flowers + heavy
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a funeral director arranges flowers for heavy hearts

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cancer
疒 + 品 + 山
sickness + goods + mountain
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Cancer caused by exposure to manufactured goods. The lump had turned into a mountain.

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fān
sail [n.]
巾 + 凡fán
towel + ordinary
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old towel can turn ordinary objects into sail boats

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gōu
cross out
勹 + 厶
bound up + monument
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The Washington Monument was begun in 1848 but halted during the Civil War. It was completed in 1888 with marble from a different source. You can see a difference in shading about 1/3 of the way up. So, think of the monument being "crossed out" with war, and then finished to represent the U.S. being "bound up."

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*grow up
土 + 一
soil + one
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picture of sprout growing more leaves: 土龶丰

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生shēng life/seed

*flower arrangement
艹 + 一
flowers + floor
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flowers on a base

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land [n.]
阝fù + 击
pinnacle + beat
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pinnacle "achievement" of colonization: beating the land into submission OR Bouquet compost is our our pinnacle contribution to reclaiming the land.

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tóu
throw [v.]
扌 + 殳
hand + boomerang
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use hand to throw boomerangs

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qiàn
lack [v.]
⺈ + 人
mask + person
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a mask on a person, covering what they lack

a person lacks oxygen, so they are given a breathing mask

as a component: “欠字旁”

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bàn
partner
亻 + 半bàn
persona + half
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your persona's other half is her partner

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tàng
trip [m.w.]
走 + 尚shàng
walk + esteem
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walking with the esteemed Yoda a number of trips around the pond

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yòu
right [n./adj.]
𠂇 + 口
by one's side + mouth
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play on words: a little mouth by one’s side telling you the right decision to make

use the sounds to remember: on the left (左 zuǒ), "gōngzuò" 工作, and on the right (右 yòu), there is a mouth (口 kǒu) making an "ou" sound

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bìng
combine [v.]
丷 + 开
horns + open hands
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weird combination of horns and "cow hands" that open (it's a snuff box)

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broadcast [v.]
扌 + 番
hand + fertilizer
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You use your hand to broadcast the fertilizer over the field.

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pǎo
run [v.]
⻊ + 包bāo
lower leg + wrap
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"Mother, may I wrap my lower leg and run?" (Mother, May I?)

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tiě
iron [n.]
钅 + 失
metal + lose
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husband pumping iron to lose weight

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spinach
艹 + 波bō
flowers + waves
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sea-sick from the waves and throw up your spinach flowers

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