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xué
*schoolhouse
⺍ + 宀
owl + house
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cháng
taste [v.]
龸shàng + 云
playhouse + cloud
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kids playing, tasting the clouds

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take
耳 + 又
ear + right hand
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take someone by their ear with your right hand

when you hear the sound of money at the ATM, use right hand to take it

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zhuō
table
卜 + 日 + 木
magic wand + sun + tree/wood
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wizard’s table: tree stump with sun carving

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shū
comb [n.]
木 + 㐬
wood + bridge
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uses a wooden comb for a comb-over that makes a bridge from one side of his head to the other

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fàn
criminal
犭 + 㔾
Aesop + worm
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“The Criminal, ‘The Worm’”  When Shanghai Disney was built, the park knew a key to its success was protecting its intellectual property and only allowing official Disney merchandise to be sold inside the park. They were baffled, then, when shortly after the park opened, they caught vendors selling fake goods to park-goers who were waiting in line. They questioned all of their carefully-trained employees, and eventually discovered the criminal: “The Worm” who had dug a tunnel under the park fence and snuck in fake goods overnight. Moral: You can’t worm your way to wealth.

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yàn
testing [v.]
马 + 佥qiān
horse + barn
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You are testing the horses in the barn for race readiness.

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pín
impoverished
分 + 贝
part + shells
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impoverished when you only have a part of the shells you need to survive

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lóu
multistory building
木 + 娄lóu
wood + bride
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throwing rice on the bride from the second story of a wooden building

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suǒ
large rope
L + 糸
chapel + fine silk
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The large rope in chapels is made of fine silk.

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consult with
次cì + 口
next + mouth
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“next, next, next” getting endless advice from consultants

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group [n.]
纟 + 且
thread + shelves
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quilting group organizes their thread on shelves

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four
西 - 一
west - one
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one of the four directions is 西 xī west

a picture of four vertical lines connected on the top

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qīng
pure
氵 + 青qīng
water + green-blue
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when water is green-blue it is pure

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weep aloud
口 + 帝dì
mouth + sovereign
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The sovereign is weeping aloud for the loss of his wife.

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shuāng
pair
又 + 又
right hand + right hand
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a pair of 2 right hands

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shà
skyscraper
厂 + 夏xià
cliff + summer
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roof of the skyscraper is like a cliff where office workers can cool off in the summer

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*sickness
广 + 冫
cave + ice
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"If you are stuck in your cave because of the ice outside, there is a high possibility of getting sick." (Hunter Gatherer)

as a component: “病字旁”

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yǒu
friend
𠂇 + 又yòu
by one's side + right hand
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a friend is your right-hand man

"Kamehameha, King of Hawaii, extends his right hand in the friendly greeting of aloha.“ (Statues)

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