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xiàn
constitution
宀 + 先xiān
house + first
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The Constitution house, where in their political views, one thing comes first: the Constitution!

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nóng
concentrated
氵 + 农nóng
water + agriculture
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The agriculture princess‘s new product: concentrated agriculture in a bottle—just add water!

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xún
inquire
讠 + 旬xún
microphone + decameron
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you have inquired about the job, the microphone announces you can come back in a decameron for a second interview

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dài
arrest
隶 + 辶
bondservant
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Arrest the Bondservant: In some ways, sharecroppers during the Depression were bondservants. This one was minding his own business but still got arrested.

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rǎng
territory
土 + 襄xiāng
soil + Jiminy Cricket
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territory of Jiminy Cricket’s soil is small

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lǎo
old, *old man
土 + 丿 + 匕
soil + slash + sitting down/spoon
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Look at this picture of an old person: soil in eyes, sitting on ground

an old person eventually returns to the soil, has to be fed with a spoon

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tile
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shuāi
tumble [v.]
扌 + 率shuài
hand + rate
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hand grasps as your rate increases and tumbling is likely

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xíng
mold [v.]
刑xíng + 土
punishment + soil
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as a punishment, use soil to make bricks from a mold

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rén
*knight
丿 + 士
slash + soldier
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knighting ceremony: slash over a soldier

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èr
II
二èr + 贝 + 弋
two + shells + pistol
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This formal document between two parties of a duel listed the terms of the duel: I. the shells that could be paid to settle the dispute; II. the acceptable kinds of pistols.

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rǎo
harass
扌 + 尤
hand + Goofy
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Goofy’s hand stops harassment at the park

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wéi
surround
囗wéi + 韦wéi
enclose + tanned hide
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smoke house encloses and surrounds the tanned hides

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jiǎn
simple
⺮ + 间jiān
bamboo + interval
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In this class students will learn a simple arithmetic technique: using bamboo to mark intervals.

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H

*guard tower
丶 + I
drop + Great Wall
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juǎn
roll
龹juàn + 㔾
quarter + worm
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roll up a worm (or a cinnamon roll that is curled up like a worm) and cut it into quarters

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fēn
essence
艹 + 分fēn
flowers + part
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extract the essence from part of the flower

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period of time
其qí + 月
laundry basket + month
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after a period of time, the laundry basket begins to stink: a month is too long between washes

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lineage
丿 + 糸mì
slash/line + fine silk
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line that ties Chinese lineage (family history of generations) is made of fine silk

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