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古人象形声意辨恶良

沆瀣一起 hang4 xie4 yi1 qi4 Acting Together In Collusion

滴 di1, a drip a drop of water; not exactly a leak that's lou 漏

道歉

昔借假叚

断魂

精诚所至金石为开

杀鸡警猴

炒鱿鱼 = you're fired!

整敕支

Subjunctive; Reading the Shuowen Jiezi

敕勒 chi4 le4: an ancient nationality in the Chinese North

应该答案大概 ...

甚 Does anyone have a translation of the shuowen jiezi? 说文解字

乌鸦喝水

承 浮 函  These look a bit alike, even have similar meanings, sort of. All are second tone.

己已巳

悲哀

又攵夂

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Vocabulary Vava My New Swag

予 shuttle of a loom; 矛 spear.

OSA=WASP

Lucifer 别慌这不是我的名字呢

谷 valley 答 reply 俗 custom 容 contain 合 close/d

莫默  mo4mo4

Burg/Berg in Indo European languages.

茕茕孑立 standing alone, in isolation. qiong2 qiong2 jie2 li4

幼维 The determinant on the left is different.

探索, 系统 tan4suo3, xi4tong3 explore, system.

乚 hidden, mysterious, secret; to conceal; small; minute

放坊仿访房防方芳肪 Fangfang

折 拆 拉 断 掰 

父 fu dad 交 jiao exchange 爸 ba dad 校 xiao schoolhouse

即 ji2 namely, i.e., prompt, at once, present, even if, to approach, come into contact, assume office, draw near

处 外 Look alikes that sound different

The Catastrophic Failure of US Foreign Policies since 2000.

残酷 24 参加 11 惨 can 3

Reduplication of Verbs in Chinese

旧 jiu4

幻想 药

凑巧 gather, collect, by chance+opportune, coincidence

我希望每天有不同惊喜

尘 尖

proto world: articles/prepositions

巩 SOLID