<h3>Whaaaa? Compound characters and 啥 [pinyin]sha2[/pinyin]</h3>
Do me a quick favor. Say 什么 [pinyin]shen2 me5[/pinyin] ("what") out loud. Kay, now say it again, really fast. Rad. Now say it so fast that the "m" sound drops, like you're talking around a mouthful of marbles. You get something that sounds like "shaaaahh?", right? That's what this character is. It means exactly the same thing as 什么, but it represents this word spoken quickly and colloquially. 

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1) 人有两件宝，双手和大脑。双手会做工，大脑会思考。
2) 用手不用脑，事情做不好。用脑不用手，啥也做不好。
3) 用手又用脑，才能有创造。一切创造靠劳动，劳动要用手和脑。

See the <a href="http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml" target="_blank">source</a>.

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1) Man has two treasures, a pair of hands and a brain. Two hands that can do work, a brain that can think. 
2) If you use your hands but not your brain, you'll handle your affairs poorly. If you use your brain but not your hands, you'll also be unable to do anything well. 
3) If you use your hands and your brain, only then can you create. All creations requires labor, labor requires hands and a brain. 
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