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guàn
string of shells
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old woman
波bō + 女
waves + woman
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waves in the skin OR Old Woman and the Sea (at home watching the waves)

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chá
check into
木 + 旦
tree + daybreak
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Newton under the tree at daybreak, checking into gravity

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lǎo
maternal grandmother
女 + 老lǎo
woman + old
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picture your maternal grandmother as a very old woman

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hòu
thick
厂 + 日 + 子
cliff + sun + child
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thick-headed parents leave their child on a cliff in the sun

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block [v.]
阝 + 且
pinnacle + shelves
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The pinnacle decor item for blocking ugly views: the shelf—it can be decorated!

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*drummer boy
士 + 豆
soldier + beans
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A boy soldier who plays the drum and is also the camp cook. *Notice the bottom of 士 overlaps with the top of 豆.

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wén
mosquito
虫 + 文wén
insect + gentleman farmer
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insect most hated by gentleman farmers

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yào
key
钅 + 月yuè
metal + moon
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metal key shaped like the moon

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yún
uniform [adj.]
勹 + 二
bound up + two
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packages bound up uniformly with two strips of tape, one in each direction

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qín
celery
艹 + 斤jīn
flowers + axe
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You find wild celery flowering near your shelter. You harvest it with your axe.

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shì
persimmon
木 + 市shì
tree + market
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it's persimmon season, they've hit the market

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rěn
endure
刃rèn + 心
blade + heart
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endure pain whether by the blade or in your heart

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dǎi
malicious, *carcass
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alternative breakdown: 一+夕 ceiling + evening, haunted house: carcass hanging from the ceiling in the evening

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card
上 + 下xià
above + below
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swipe the card up and down, top to bottom

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róng
melt
鬲 + 虫chóng
pressure cooker + insect
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only in a pressure cooker can you melt insects

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线

xiàn
line [n.]
纟 + 戋jiān
thread + machine gun
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Machine guns shoot a lot of bullets in a row, threaded together in a line that is fed through the gun.

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qiān
lead [n.]
钅 + 0yǎn
metal + belch
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lead factory belching smoke

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páng
side [n.], *Columbus
立 + 冖 + 方fāng
stand up + crown + compass
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"This prince is an adventurer. Like Columbus, he stands up to the crown with a compass by his side and declares 'the earth is round'." (Royal Family)

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帝dì sovereign
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