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yàn
swallow [n.]
廿 + 口 + 北 + 灬
twenty + mouth + north + cooking fire
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swallow soup: a northern dish made from twenty bird mouths

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G

*sparkler
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zào
create
告gào + 辶
declare + road
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to create, first declare and then take the long road to create it;, Create the Declare: FDR takes the helm to create the declare: his New Deal.

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symbol
⺮ + 付fù
bamboo + pay
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In this class campers will learn how bamboo records were kept anciently, using symbols to show how much people paid for things.

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děng
wait
⺮ + 寺
bamboo + Buddhist temple
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"Please wait in the bamboo forest outside the temple building site until you are invited in." (Buddhist Temple)

"Can’t wait for Camp Bamboo at the Buddhist temple!" (Camp Bamboo)

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tuō
entrust
扌 + 乇tuō
hand + fur ball
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You entrust your pet guinea pig, Fur Ball, to the hands of a friend, who takes him on a motorcycle ride.

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*thumb prick
甫fǔ + 寸
injection + thumb
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A thumb prick is an injection into the thumb.

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shuǎ
mess around
而 + 女
beard + woman
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She doesn’t mess around with beards; she wants a man with a clean-shaven face. OR Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight.

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wèi
defend
卩 + 一
notarized + floor
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defend the legal, notarized document on the floor of the court room

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cry [v.]
吅 + 犬
chatterbox + small dog
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dog howling

chatterbox Pekingese brings tears of rage to your eyes

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huá
clamor [n.]
口 + 华huá
mouth + splendor
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The people’s mouths were all clamoring to see the splendor of the transformed person

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jiǎo
angle, *Big Bad Wolf
⺈ + 用
mask + Little Red Riding Hood
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"Big Bad Wolf disguises himself to fool Little Red Riding Hood." (Little Red)

Think of another angle on the story from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf.

It is hard to see now, but anciently, this was a picture of an animal's horn, and it can still mean that. (Grandma, what a big horn you have!)

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jūn
monarch, *Trump
尹 + 口
overseer/mop + mouth
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"Trump has a mop of hair and a mouth to match, aspires to be a monarch." (Stand-up Comedian)

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róng
down [n.]
纟 + 戎róng
threads + padding
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Down needs to be covered and sewn loosely with threads to become padding.

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zuǒ
left [n./adj.]
𠂇 + 工
by one’s side + I-beam/work
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left brain and right brain: right associated with decision making, left with work

use the sounds to remember: on the left (左 zuǒ), "gōngzuò" 工作, and on the right (右 yòu), there is a mouth (口 kǒu) making an "ou" sound

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jǐn
tight
Ujiān + 糸
swordplay + fine silk
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swordplay pants made of tight fine silk

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zuǒ
*by one’s side
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pèi
wear at the waist
亻 + 几 + 一 + 巾
persona + wind + one + towel
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Picture your persona only wearing towel around his/her waist. The wind is going to be a problem.

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shè
ford [v.]
氵 + 步
water + step
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to ford is to step through the water

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