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yǐn
overseer, *mop
彐 + 丿
broom + slash
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Mr. Yin is overseer of the janitors.

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shǐ
dart [n.]
𠂉 + 大
lying down + large
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“A boy named Max Dart lies on his bed throwing darts at a ceiling target with a “大” in the center." (Max Dart)

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失shī lose

广

guǎng
extensive, *cave
丶 + 厂
drop + cliff
Character Notes

A drop of water over thousands of years can turn a cliff into a cave.

as a component: “广字头”

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wāi
askew
不 + 正
no + correct
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askew means not straight or not correct

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qín
stringed instrument
王 + 王 + 今jīn
2 jewels + clock
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an instrument with a complex metronome of crystal built in

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garage
广 + 车
cave + vehicle
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"You are running out of space in your cave. You expand into a side cave to store your primitive vehicle." (Hunter Gatherer)

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xìng
apricot
木 + 口
tree + mouth
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mouth open at the bottom of a tree waiting for an apricot to fall

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呆dāi dim-witted

papa
父 + 巴bā
father + boa
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papa is a father protecting his children from a boa

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L

*chapel
十 + 宀
cross + house
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chapel has a cross on the roof

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spine
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alternative breakdown: 口+口 mouth + mouth

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*Dart family tomb
厶 + 矢
monument + dart
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monument to the Darts is the Dart family tomb

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sǎn
umbrella
𠆢 + 丷 + 十
umbrella + horns + ten/needle
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picture an umbrella with a handle made of a large hypodermic needle and supports made of animal horns

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academic discipline
禾hé + 斗
grain + big dipper
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ancient academic disciplines of agriculture and astronomy

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zào
soap
白 + 七
white + seven
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this white soap gets you seven times cleaner than other brands

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háo
milli-
V + 毛máo
tiara + fur
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Princess Bling makes a math class breakthrough when her teacher says "a million" is like the number of hairs in her fur stole.

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fox
犭 + 瓜
Aesop + melon
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”The Fox and the Melon“ (Adapted from Aesop) One afternoon a fox was walking through a garden and spotted a big, round melon. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," said he. Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and landed on the melon, but it just rolled a bit. Again the fox took a few steps back, ran, jumped, and tried to crack the melon open but still failed. Finally giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “It's probably unripe anyway," and proceeded to walk away. Moral: It is easy to despise what you cannot have.

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pave
钅 + 甫fǔ
metal + injection
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a modern paving machine with metal rollers injected with asphalt

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kào
lean on
告gào + 非
declare + jail cell
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lean on this policy: declare jail to be the main deterrent to crime

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kǒng
cavity
子 + 乚
child + dental hook
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On dental visits as a child, more often that not, the dental hook finds a cavity.

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