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zhuàng
bump into
扌 + 童
hand + juvenile
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using a hand, a juvenile plays marbles that bump into each other

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yíng
greet
卬áng + 辶
collection of originals + road
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"Greet the Collection of Originals: Part of the New Deal is a Federal Art Project that will employ over 10,000 artists and establish over 100 community art centers where the public can greet the collections of originals commissioned during this time period." (1930's On the Road)

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*beekeeper
虫 + 田 + 冂
insect + field + hood
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beekeeper cares for insects in the field, protected by a hood

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huái
cherish
忄 + 不
meme + no
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You post a meme of the song “Cherish Is the Word” and get the response "No!!"

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zhàn
war
占zhān + 戈
tell fortunes + rifle
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The fortune tellers of the day predicted the number of rifles would determine the outcome of the war.

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yóu
just like
犭 + 尤yóu
Aesop + Goofy
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“Just Like Goofy” Goofy, like other Disney characters, is an animal with human characteristics, mannerisms and even clothes. And, just like fables are animal stories meant to tell humans something about themselves, maybe we can all see a bit of our ourselves in Goofy. Moral: Are you a human acting like an animal or an animal posing as a human?

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crow
鸟 - 丶
bird - drop
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“The Crow”  You are probably familiar with Aesop’s fable of the crow and the fox. A crow has cheese a fox wants. The fox asks the crow to sing. It does and drops the cheese. Moral: Do not trust flatterers. See in this character how the bird has dropped something? That’s how we know it is a crow.

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amusement
女 + 吴wú
woman + Wu
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Trumpeter Wu has a day of amusement planned with his woman.

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sāi
*hamster cage
宀 + R + 八
house + wire mesh + animal legs
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a hamster in a cage

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rēng
throw away
扌 + 乃
hand + fist
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hand releases the fist to throw something away

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cuī
Cui, *wild turkey
山 + 隹
mountain + special bird
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Mr. Cui hunts wild turkeys in the mountains.

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miáo
aim [v.]
目 + 苗miáo
eye + seedling
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use your eye in the sight of a gun to aim at the seedling of a weed

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diào
go fishin’
钅 + 勺sháo
metal + ladle
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use a metal ladle to go fishing

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huǎng
lie [n.]
讠 + 荒huāng
microphone + wasteland
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lies through a microphone create a moral wasteland

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Chinese acre
亠 + 田
top hat + field
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mark off every acre in the field with a top hat

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law
彳 + 聿yù
queue + writing brush
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wait in line with your writing brush to take the bar exam

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yīn
in-law
女 + 因yīn
woman + cause
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Because of marriage a woman becomes part of in-law relationships. OR Women are the cause of marriage. They want the stability of one man to help care for them and their children during child-rearing.

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zhǎo
marsh
氵 + 召zhào
water + summon
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scene in the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings where the marsh is summoning

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shū
*boomerang
几 + 又
wind + right hand/again
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A boomerang is a weapon thrown with the hand that flies like the wind and comes back again.

As a component: “殳字旁”

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