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sāng
mulberry tree
又 + 木
3 right hands + tree
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3 right hands picking mulberries in the tree

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lesson
讠 + 果
microphone + fruit
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through the microphone: Your first lesson is about fruit…the fruit of your labors!

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lìng
orders [n.], *alarm clock
今jīn + 丶
now/clock + drop
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clock that orders you to be on time

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biān
compile
纟 + 扁biǎn
thread + flat/doormat
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use thread to compile the flat pieces of paper

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*thorn
冂 + 木
hood + tree
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put hood up when climbing thorn trees

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ladder
木 + 弟dì
wood + younger brother
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younger brother needs a ladder to climb the tree

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stand up
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as a component: “立字旁”

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word [n.]
讠 + 司sī
microphone + take charge
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enthusiastic English teacher with a microphone takes charge, teaching bossy verb words

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I, me
手 + 戈
hand + rifle
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I've got a right to my rifle!"

alternatively: a picture of a hand pointing to its other hand

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jié
spotless
氵 + 吉jí
water + lucky
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Lucky water get things spotlessly clean.

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huī
ashes
𠂇 + 火
by one’s side + fire
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carry the ashes of a loved one by one’s side

From fire to ashes to hope, these 9/11 firefighters raise the American flag at Ground Zero.

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zhe
-ing
⺶ + 目
wool + eye
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pulling the wool over someone’s eyes

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partition [n.]
辟pì + 土
spicy flag + soil
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She puts a partition in her garden between the mild pepper plants and the spicy chili peppers. She then puts a spicy flag in the soil to remember which are which.

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slope [n.]
土 + 皮pí
soil + covering
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the soil is the covering on the slope, prone to erosion

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guà
hang
扌 + 圭guī
hand + bricks
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use hand to hang something on the brick wall

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fāng
*box
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“三匡”

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!!
口 + 拉lā
mouth + pull
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一二三:la!! pull the Singaporians out OR "He pulls the la!! from inside." (Trumpeter Wu)

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gēn
root [n.]
木 + 艮gèn
tree + silver
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The legend of the silver root was that silver could be found at the roots of trees in our valley.

tree roots are silver in color

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shǒu
heads
丷 + 一 + 自
horns + base + nose
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a moose head (with a big nose) and other heads (of state) up on the wall

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