兰
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三
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丷
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In the anthill's kitchen Lancelot sees a mean crocodile and wants to capture it with a coordinate system. The crocodile just wants to be friends with Lancelot though and gives him an orchid.
三
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一
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二
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Mnemonic symbol: Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes. Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the people. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) people stop to watch the performance.
soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad
烂
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兰
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火
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Sir Lancelot (l) is taking a bath in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The bathtub is sitting on a fire (火), so the water is really hot. Sir Lancelot has added a few orchids (兰) to the bath, but because the water is so warm, they're all mushy and rotten (烂).
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
栏
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兰
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木
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Lancelot (l) is taking part in a hurdles (栏) race just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The hurdles are made out of orchids (兰) and Christmas trees (木). For sure tomorrow there will be a special column (栏) about this event in the newspaper.