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tiào
jump [v.]
⻊ + 兆zhào
lower leg + omen
Character Notes

"Mother, may I jump when I see the omen?" (Mother, May I?)

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hòu
wait
侯hóu + 丨
marquis + stick
Character Notes

"Old marquis has waited for years." (Max Dart)

alternatively: 亻 + 丨 + ユ + 矢 persona with a stick + iron + dart, an old person hears an intruder and waits holding an iron and a dart

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shà
goblin
刍 + 攵 + 灬
flying witch + taskmaster + cooking fire
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This goblin is cooked up by a flying witch who orders him to disturb the trick-or-treaters.

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bathe
氵 + 谷gǔ
water + valley
Character Notes

bathe in the water of the valley OR bath gel called "Water of the Valley"

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M

*birdhouse
爫 + 宀
claw + house
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yóu
post [v.]
由yóu + 阝
sprout + city walls
Character Notes

green China post office

use beanstalk sprouts to get a letter over the city wall

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qìng
celebrate
广 + 大
cave + large dog
Character Notes

It’s time to celebrate your new home. But you have no one to invite, only your large dog attends.

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pào
cannon
火 + 包bāo
fire + wrap
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wrap up fire in a cannon

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戊wù *cannon (component)
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cháo
nest [n.]
川 + 果
stream + fruit
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picture of a nest in a tree OR nest built near a stream and fruit for convenience

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liàng
forgive
讠 + 京jīng
microphone + capital
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forgiveness has to be announced over the microphone in the capital

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èr
two
一 + 一
one + one
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ride [v.]
马 + 奇qí
horse + strange
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if a horse thinks you are strange, he may not let you ride

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xīn
elated
斤jīn + 欠
axe + lack/yawn
Character Notes

Although you may find great satisfaction in your hunter-gatherer lifestyle, many people in history are actually elated when they are able to lack the need for an axe and can use electric or gas indoor heating.

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grind
麻má + 石
hemp + stone
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grind the hemp with a stone

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kòng
control [v.]
扌 + 空kōng
hand + empty
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use fingers to control your empty time (remote control, smart phone)

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anxious
刍 + 心
flying witch + heart
Character Notes

A witch flies by and you immediately feel anxious.

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dài
substitute for
亻 + 弋
persona + pistol
Character Notes

An important persona in a duel is the “second”, someone sent as a substitute for offended parties, whose primary role was to settle the dispute without violence.

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sòng
deliver
关 + 辶
shut + road
Character Notes

"Deliver and Shut: This woman is delivering her daughter’s family to the road. Too old to travel herself, she won’t shut the door until they are out of sight." (1930's On the Road)

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horse
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as a component: “马字旁”

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