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diào
drop [v.]
扌 + 卓
hand + eminent
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eminent sun wizard opens his hand and the sunflower magic wand drops

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day, *sun
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as a component: “日字旁”

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曰 yuē sayeth

profession
並 - 亠
side by side - top hats
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start your profession side by side with others, all without top hats

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qiān
thousand
丿 + 十
slash + ten
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干gān dry/clothesline

sān
three
一 + 二
one + two
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hún
wonton (A)
饣 + 昆kūn
food + descendants
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wonton recipe passed down to the descendants

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lüè
abbreviation
田 + 各
field + each
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each field has its own abbreviations and jargon

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hàn
Han
氵 + 又
water + right hand
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Legend says the Han people came from the Yellow River: picture a right hand coming out of the water.

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crane
冖 + 隹 + 鸟
crown + special bird + bird
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The crane is the crowned royal special bird of all birds.

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hòu
behind
𠂆 + 一 + 口
drag + one + mouth
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a back seat driver behind you dragging you down

dragging behind in the chanting

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同 tóng same

*slaughterhouse
亼 + 刖yuè
meeting + butcher
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meeting of butchers at the slaughterhouse

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qīng
dragonfly (front end)
虫 + 青qīng
insect + green-blue
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green-blue insect

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zuǐ
orifice (mouth)
口 + 此 + 角
mouth + this [literary] + Big Bad Wolf
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This is the tale of the Big Bad Wolf: what a big mouth you have, or orifice, to be literary

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āo
concave
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凸tū

zhuāng
put on makeup
丬qiáng + 女
turtle + woman
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Picture a woman putting on makeup from a small turtle shell.

Some women take forever to put on makeup, as slow as a turtle.

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fine [adj.]
纟 + 田
thread + field
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The threads from his silk field are the finest (thinnest).

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kuī
loss
一 + 丂kǎo
one + broken bow/5
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This character looks like minus five (- 5), a loss.

He lost the string in his bow.

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pào
bubbles
氵 + 包bāo
water + wrap
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water with bubbles that are wrapped around air OR bubble wrap that dissolves in water

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zán
we (inclusive)
口 + 自
mouth + nose
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refer to those you are taking to, refer your yourself by pointing at your nose

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