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qiáng
strong
弓 + 虽
bow + although
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You need to have strong concentration when using a bow, even though an insect could land on your mouth.

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nanny
女 + 母mǔ
woman + mother
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a nanny is a woman who helps the mother

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convex
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tān
beach [n.]
氵 + 难nán
water + difficult
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beach water makes it difficult to learn to swim

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thing
牛 + 勿wù
cow + knot
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What’s that thingy on a cow’s tail? It's like a frayed knot.

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xiàn
county
且 + 厶
shelves + monument
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county fair: shelves with models of all the weirdest monuments from China’s counties

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ēn
kindness
因yīn + 心
cause + heart
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feelings of your heart are the cause of kindness

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liè
line up
歹 + 刂
carcass + sword
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Zombies lining up with swords.

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chí
tardy
尺chǐ + 辶
ruler + road
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If you come in late from the road and are tardy, your hand gets slapped with a ruler.

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zhī
grease [n.]
月 + 旨zhǐ
body part + purpose
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this body part’s purpose is to grease the joints

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huǒ
fire [n.]
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derivative: 灬 cooking fire

as a component: “火字旁”

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yuán
source
氵 + 原yuán
water + original
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the source is where water comes from originally

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zhēn
true
十 + 具
ten + tool
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proving something is true scientifically with ten tools

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直zhí straight

xiǎn
obvious
日 + 业
sun + profession
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the sun makes it obvious if his work was professional

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poison
龶 + 母mǔ
grow up + mother
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poison control: protecting those who are growing up is a mother’s job

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quán
whole
𠆢 + 王
umbrella + king
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king under his umbrella represents the whole ancient picture of heaven and earth

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*sheaf, *X
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Jacob, renamed Israel, has 12 sons. It is his last son, Joseph, who will carry on God’s covenant, so he is favored. Joseph has a dream about sheaves of grain, where his brother’s sheaves all bow to his. He shares the dream with his brothers in hopes they will see the favoritism is God’s will. They don’t buy it.

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tǒng
continuum
纟 + 充chōng
thread + sufficient
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use thread of sufficient length to make a continuum OR thread together a sufficient continuum

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knotted up
纟 + 帝dì
threads + sovereign
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A new tailor is hired by the sovereign, but he gets knotted up in threads during the fitting, and the tailor is fired.

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