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jiù
rescue
求qiú + 攵
request + taskmaster
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It is my request, taskmaster, that you rescue my daughter from herself.

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zhuì
plunge [v.]
队duì + 土
team + soil
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you go down with the team (plunge into the soil) OR The bride pictures her team plunging into a ditch which she is covering with soil.

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wàng
forget
亡wáng + 心
deceased + heart
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when a memory "deceases" in your heart, you have forgotten it

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grant [v.]
贝 + 易
shells + easy
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shallow prayer: grant me easy money

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tuō
undress
月 + 兑
body part + devil
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Undress, reveal body parts, bring out the devil…

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zhuō
catch [v.]
扌 + 足
hand + lower leg
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use hand to catch someone by their lower leg

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piāo
flutter
票piào + 风
ticket + windstorm
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ticket in a windstorm will flutter

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valley
八 + 𠆢 + 口
animal legs + umbrella + mouth
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a picture of the mouth of a valley

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kuài
chopsticks
⺮ + 快kuài
bamboo + fast
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"In this class campers will learn to use bamboo chopsticks fast, like Mr. Miyagi." (Camp Bamboo)

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cán
incomplete
歹 + 戋
carcass + machine gun
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This carcass was made incomplete by a machine gun.

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seasons
禾 + 子
grain + child
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grain and children have seasons

grain produces "children" (seeds) in season

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hou
*iron
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熨yùn iron [v.]

yuán
ape
犭 + 袁yuán
Aesop + Yuan
Character Notes

“Yuan and the Ape”  Did you know that Edgar Allen Poe wrote the first modern detective story, not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? It is called “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Well, in our story, “Murder in Jianhe Lu” a man named Yuan is gagged with a scarf and buried alive. The detective is clued in to the true murderer, an ape, when witnesses all think they overheard a different language being spoken in Yuan’s backyard, and animal hair is found on the body. Moral: If neighbors are going to snoop, they should be more thorough and look, not just listen.

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shén
what
亻 + 十shí
persona + ten/needle
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What in the world is going on here? (sees persona with needle)

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jìn
prohibit
林lín + 示
woods + altar
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sign in the woods prohibits the building of altars

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qiē
cut [v.]
七qī + 刀
seven + knife
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cut into seven pieces with a knife

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jǐn
exhausted
尺 + 冫
ruler + ice
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exhausted from measuring ice over and over because it is melting

alternatively: 尸 + \ + 冫corpse +slash + ice, frozen body, autopsy determined cause of death was exhaustion

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bái
white
丶 + 日
drop + sun
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a drop of sunshine: white light

as a component: “白字旁”

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hǎi
sea
氵 + 每měi
water + every
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“Water, water everywhere…” and not a drop to drink in Shanghai

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