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fèn
portion
亻 + 分fēn
persona + part
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your persona portions out the parts

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suǒ
lock [n./v.]
钅 + 小 + 贝
metal + small + shells
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small metal lock on the safe containing the shells

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琐suǒ trivial

yín
silver
钅 + 艮
metal + silver
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In the days of silver, word went east that the mining was good here.

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ràng
yield
讠 + 上shàng
microphone + above
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in a microphone: “You must yield to the power above.”

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chuī
blow [v.]
口 + 欠
mouth + lack
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when you blow, your mouth lacks air OR “His blow lacks no thrill." (Trumpeter Wu)

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yōu
without haste
攸yōu + 心
senior taskmaster + heart
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aging wedding taskmaster, approaches love without haste (finally gets married herself)

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xià
below
一 + 卜
ceiling + magic wand
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magic wand hovering below the ceiling

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上shàng above

bǎi
put in order
扌 + 罢bà
hand + cease
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hands cease arranging when something is put in order

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jué or jiào
senses [n.]
Nxué + 见
schoolhouse + see
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learn about five senses at school, the first of which is seeing

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xián
worthy
(刂又)jiān + 贝
swordplay + shells
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prove your worthiness of the prize with your swordplay

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lèi
tears [n.]
氵 + 目
water + eye
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ideogram

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wǎn
winding, *Cabela’s
宀 + 夗yuàn
house + nightcrawler
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huge sporting goods store that sells nightcrawlers, winding road to get there

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jiǎn
reduce
冫 + 咸xián
ice + salt
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salt reduces the ice

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piào
ticket
西 + 示
Wild West + altar
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"Buy tickets to a Wild West show featuring a shotgun wedding at the altar of the town church." (Wild West)

To the west of the altar is where they sell tickets to tour the cathedral.

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𠂉

*lying down
person modified
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yǐn
*stretch
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“建之旁”

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leaf
口 + 十
mouth + ten
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“His other bad habit is leaf, ten at a time in his lower lip.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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read
讠 + 卖
microphone + sell
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Do we have to use a microphone to sell reading?

"Extra, extra, read all about it" (to sell newspapers)

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bīng
ice
冫bīng + 水
ice + water
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ideogram

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