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lín
neighbor
令lìng + 阝
alarm clock + city walls
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neighbors with an alarm system and city walls around their house

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zhǔ
lord
丶 + 王
drop + king
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a drop of a king is a lord

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gòng
tribute
工gōng + 贝
I-beam/work + shells
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even construction workers have to pay a tribute of shells

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kǎo
*5
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Think of this sound element as the Arabic numeral 5.

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liè
inferior
少 + 力lì
few + power/muscle
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those with fewer muscles are inferior physically

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revive
艹 + 办
flowers + manage
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revive the manager with the smell of flowers

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bǐng
flat cake
饣 + 并bìng
food + combine
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a bǐng is a food that usually combines egg and flour

alternatively: 饣+丷+开 food + horns + open, a food that is devilishly addictive and cooked on a open pan

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pín
repeatedly
步 + 页
step + head
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step on someone’s head repeatedly

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bǐng
third
一 + 内
ceiling + internal
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third class sleeper car, ceiling is so close, put up hood to block it out

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鹿

deer
广 + a + 比
cave + “antlers” + compare
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You haven’t been able to tame a deer as a pet, but you keep their antlers on the wall and compare the sizes.

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cǎn
wretched
忄 + 参cān
meme + participate
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meme of wretchedness: being forced to participate in pep rally

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wèi
be afraid of
田 + A
field + kerchief
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afraid when you see your daughter’s abandoned kerchief in the field

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shū
graceful
氵 + 叔shū
water + uncle
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Uncle Schubert is graceful in the water.

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tribe
9 + 矢
banner + dart
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armed with darts under a banner to form a tribe

banner for the Dart tribe

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chè
pitchfork
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gōng
public [adj.]
八 + 厶
eight + monument
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public bus #8 goes to the monument

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shè
society
礻shì + 土
Eastern altar + soil
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Dear Ancestors, the soil you worked is still supporting a prosperous society. Thank you.

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creak
口 + 一 + 自 + 戈gē
mouth + ceiling + nose + rifle
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This is the sound made by a POW who is being tortured to extract information. He is being hung by his nose from the ceiling with a rifle pointed at him.

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break [v.]
石 + 皮pí
stone + covering
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Use a stone to break through the covering.

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