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liáng
high-quality, *halo
丶 + 艮
drop + silver
Character Notes

"Much of Western civilization’s Bible heritage was transmitted through art. Picture all of those prophets, saints, and especially Jesus, donned with a halo, a drop of silver above their heads." (Bible Series)

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rèn
blade
丶 + 刀
drop + knife
Character Notes

knife with a drop of blood has a sharp blade

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xuē
Xue
艹 + 丶 + 㠯 + 辛xīn
flowers + drop + boss + peppery
Character Notes

Ms. Xue has cultivated a special type of flower inspired by memories of a previous boss. She uses a peppery fertilizer.

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liàng
quantity
旦 + 里
daybreak + computer
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at daybreak, take a quantity measurement and go back inside to record in computer

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xiù
embroidery
纟 + 秀xiù
thread + elegant
Character Notes

embroidery is elegant thread work

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míng
name [n.]
夕 + 口
evening + mouth
Character Notes

father whispering his baby's name at night

shouting names of kids to bring them home in evening

call out your name in the evening, so they know who is approaching

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shè
shoot [v.]
身shēn + 寸
somebody + thumb
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somebody used their thumb to shoot a rubber band

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xǐng
awaken
酉 + 星xīng
whiskey bottle + star
Character Notes

This whiskey bottle, I call “Awaken.” After a few hours of sleep, I wake up and see stars.

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bào
leopard
豸māo + 勺sháo
jackal + ladle
Character Notes

Leopard and the Ladle

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excite
氵 + 敫jiǎo
water + Noah’s dove
Character Notes

Noah is excited when the dove returns back over the water with an olive leaf in her mouth

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penalize
罒 + 讠 + 刂
net + microphone + sword
Character Notes

penalty with the net, call out on the microphone that time will be cut (sword)

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shī
lion
犭 + 师shī
Aesop + teacher
Character Notes

“The Teacher and the Lion”  In the Lion King, Rafiki is the teacher who convinces Simba that his father’s spirit lives on in him, and he must return home. Moral: Taking the advice of a teacher can make us lion-king of our situation.

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zhuàn
earn
贝 + 兼jiān
shells + double
Character Notes

earn shells to maintain the double life OR work double jobs to earn enough shells

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xīn
peppery
立 + 十
stand up + ten/needle
Character Notes

The taste is so peppery, your hair stands up like needles.

as a component: “辛字旁”

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yǒng
courageous
甬yǒng + 力
hunter + muscle
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hunter is courageous enough to use his muscles to free Granny

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jiàn
*bamboo sword
*刂 + *⺮
sword + bamboo
Character Notes

"In class campers will only use swords made of bamboo for combat practice, learned through a series of tasks." (Camp Bamboo)

*blunt sword *modified bamboo

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body
亻 + 本
persona + notebook
Character Notes

your persona carrying their anatomy notebook

your persona posing for an artist’s sketchbook

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zhōng
end [n.]
纟 + 冬dōng
thread + winter
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end of season sale on winter threads

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fěng
mock [v.]
讠 + 风fēng
microphone + windstorm
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microphone’s mocking is mocked by the windstorm

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