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zhā
sediment
氵 + 查chá
water + check into
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have to dive into the water to check into the sediment at the bottom

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chéng
city
土 + 成chéng
soil + turn into
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soil turns into a city when you make it into walls and buildings

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xué
hole
宀 + 八
house + animal legs
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animal legs hanging through a hole in the roof

as a component: “穴宝盖”

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zūn
abide by
尊zūn + 辶
venerate + road
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Abide by Veneration: Traditional families still encourage their young to abide by what they’ve been taught despite difficulties, to venerate the road their forefathers have paved.

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chén
profound
氵 + 冗
water + superfluous
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At the prince's funeral by the lake, there is profound stillness on the water, no superfluous sound.

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yín
*crown prince
冖 + 儿
crown + human legs
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the next human in line for the crown

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fruit stem
艹 + 帝dì
flowers + sovereign
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If you picture this royal family on a family tree, the sovereign is the stem, and the children are the flowering branches.

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cāng
storehouse
𠆢 + 㔾
umbrella + worm
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Costco/Cabella's sells everything from umbrellas to worms

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zhù
construct
⺮zhú + 巩
bamboo + strengthen
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Teams will compete to construct bamboo scaffolding to strengthen the main building.

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*crown
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as a component: “秃宝盖”

derived from: 冠 guān crown

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宀 mián house,亠 tóu *top hat

é
Russia
亻 + 我
persona + I/me
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What is your persona's connection to Russia?

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zuó
yesterday
日 + 乍zuò
day + saw
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Saw away yesterday, tomorrow will be a brighter day.

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liàn
be enamored of
亦 + 心
dancing penguin + heart
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This dancing penguin is enamored of his dancing partner. Picture them together with a heart hovering between them.

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xiā
shrimp
虫 + 下xià
insect + below
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insect that lives below the ocean surface

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xiě
blood
丶 + 皿
drop + dish
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blood-letting, drop by drop into a dish OR blood test, drop in a petri dish

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Series

cóng
thicket
从cóng + 一
follow + floor
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two people stuck in place in the thicket

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ground [n.]
土 + 也
soil + scorpion
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scorpion lives in the soil or ground

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máng
busy [adj.]
忄 + 亡wáng
meme + deceased
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meme of being busy-ed to death

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degree
广 + 廿 + 又
cave + twenty + right hand
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The cave was twenty degrees, I swear!

Also on the walls of your cave are twenty hand prints. When you place your hand on any of these hands, you realize that the cave is twenty degrees (Celsius) all year round.

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