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áo
*playboy
龶 + 万 + 攵
grow up + ten thousand + taskmaster
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Despite having grown up with tens of thousands of tutors, coaches, trainers (taskmasters), he rejected all their advice and does his own thing.

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wèi
position [n.]
亻 + 立
persona + stand up
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when a persona of position comes in, you stand up

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topic
是 + 页
to be + head/page
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topic on the title(head) page: To Be

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提tí bring up
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select [v.]
扌 + (又二丨)
hand + performance bouquet
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hand selects the perfect performance bouquet

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gōng
work [n.], *I-beam
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derivative: *经 *crane

as a component: “工字旁”

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qiāo
knock
高gāo + 卜 + 又
tall + magic wand + right hand
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tall wizard used the magic wand in his right hand to knock on Bilbo’s door

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chí
spoon [n.]
是shì + 匕
to be + spoon
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it IS a spoon

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yán
speech
亠 + 二 + 口
top hat + two + mouth
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words coming out of a mouth; derivative: 讠 *microphone

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shòu
received
M + 又
birdhouse + right hand
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You received a message in your birdhouse and pulled it out with your right hand.

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soil
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as a component: “土字底” or “土字旁” or “提土旁”

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士 shì soldier

guài
*Iron Man
ユ + 人
iron + person
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picture some piece of Iron Man's armor made with an actual iron

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withered
木 + 古gǔ
tree + ancient
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gnarled, withered, ancient tree

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bèn
stupid
⺮ + 本běn
bamboo + notebook
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In this class campers will learn how to avoid stupidity by writing things in a bamboo notebook.

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àn
case
安ān + 木
peaceful + tree/wood
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lawyer says, “I’m working on your case” when really he is peacefully sitting in a tree

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cháng
long
A
kerchief modified
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a looooong kerchief

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vapor
氵 + 气qì
water + air
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water in the air is vapor

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qíng
sunny
日 + 青qīng
sun + green-blue
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sun is out and sky is green-blue on a sunny day

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hào
#
口 + 丂kǎo
mouth + broken bow/5
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call out house #5

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scold [v.]
吅 + 马mǎ
chatterbox + horse
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chatterbox Mr. Ed scolds the farmer

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