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jiù
old
丨 + 日
stick + day/sun
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if you leave a walking stick out in the sun, it gets old

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jiǎ
A, *radish
field modified
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root growing down into a field, first thing to grow out of the seed is labeled "A" in the diagram

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cún
deposit [v.]
𠂇 + 丨 + 子
by one's side + stick + child
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Mary McLeod Bethune was committed to depositing resources into the children of the next generation. “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.”

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carve
亥 + 刂
acorn + sword
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every time an acorn falls, carve a mark on the tree with a sword

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pēn
spurt
口 + 贲bēn
mouth + Hawaiian lei
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Take a bite of tasty looking lei and spurt it out.

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duì
that’s right
又 + 寸
right hand + thumb
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"That's right!” Swear it with your right hand or just give them a thumbs up.

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kùn
trapped
囗 + 木
enclose + tree
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Picture hobbits trapped, enclosed by webs in the trees.

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lín
drench
氵 + 林lín
water + woods
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luckily no one has to water the woods, they get drenched from above

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méi
rose
王 + 攵
jewel + taskmaster
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Beauty and the Beast: the jewel with the rose and the Beast as taskmaster OR The jewel of all flowers is the rose, fitting for our beloved taskmaster.

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bǎo
treasure [n.]
宀 + 玉
house + jade
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Home is where they keep their treasure, but the greatest treasure comes in the news that they will be welcoming a 宝贝 bǎobèi baby!

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chéng
sincere
讠 + 成chéng
microphone + turn into
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in a microphone, sincerely: “I promise to turn into an honest man.”

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which?
口 + 那nà
mouth + that
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ask: Which is it? That one?

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pīn
piece together
扌 + 并bìng
hand + combine
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use your hands to combine a puzzle, piece it together

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look back
厂 + 已 + 页
cliff + snakeskin + head
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Like people in all ages, the Israelites rebelled. They were getting sick and dying from snake bites, so Moses got up on a cliff with his long hair waving in the wind. He held up his staff, wrapped with a snake, and said that all the people needed to do to be healed was look back toward God (represented by the staff), and they would live.

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habitation
尸 + 至
flag + until
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habitat for humanity, not finished until flag on top

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sǎo
elder brother's wife
女 + 叟sǒu
woman + skeleton
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This is your skinny (or dead) aunt, or maybe she dressed up for Halloween as a skeleton.

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shā
sand
氵 + 少shǎo
water + few
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water grinds away at the shells until they are a few bits

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砂shā gravel

zhèn
town
钅 + 真zhēn
metal + true
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village becomes a true town when there are metal buildings

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take a wife
取qǔ + 女
take + woman
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Hopefully when a man takes a woman to wife, he also takes her somewhere nice.

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