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dān
indulge
耳 + 冘yín
ear + crown prince
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Anyone listening to the crown prince must indulge him.

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zhān
tell fortunes
卜 + 口
magic wand + mouth
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xīn
*meme
heart modified
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part of many emotion words, and memes express emotion

as a component: “心字旁” or "竖心旁"

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lèi
tired
田 + 糸
field + fine silk
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tired after working in a silk field

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guǐ
rails
车 + 九
vehicle + nine
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nine rail lines

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bureau
尸 + 句jù
flag/corpse + sentence
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bureaus represent the flag (but may have become corpses), often rely on final sentences

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diào
tune [n.]
讠 + 周
microphone + lap
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through the microphone/loud speaker: different tunes each lap to keep you going

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diào
dangle
口 + 巾
mouth + towel
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piece of napkin dangles from your mouth OR “a banner dangled below” (his horn) (Trumpeter Wu)

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jiāo
mingle
亠 + 父
top hat + father
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fathers disguised as top hats mingling at a party

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quick
束shù + 辶
bundle + road
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Quick, (Grab) Your Bundle: The banks are scared of more defaults on loans. If the bank man is on his way to find you, quick, grab your bundle and hit the road.

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zài
at
𠂇 + 丨 + 土
by one's side + stick + soil
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 Brigham Young, first governor of Utah, puts his stick in the soil and declares the Salt Lake Valley as “the place” for settlement.

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tooth
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also, *scorpion
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匕bǐ person sitting/spoon

bitter
艹 + 古gǔ
flowers + ancient
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flowers get bitter as they get ancient

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indication
亦yì + 辶
dancing penguin + road
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This dancing penguin is ahead of you on the road indicating you to follow him.

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chén
morning
日 + 辰chén
sun + earthquake
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morning after the earthquake, sun still rises

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frog
虫 + 圭
insect + bricks
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frog prince on a brick wall catching insects

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wěi
tail
尸 + 毛
flag/corpse + fur
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dog’s tail is a flag of fur

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xīn
fragrant
殸qìng + 香xiāng
frontier war + perfume
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Some of the deadliest massacres in the frontier wars were when settlers presented a fragrant gift to the aborigines laced with poison.

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