to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
负
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⺈
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贝
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Mnemonic symbol: an opossum (负鼠) who carries her babies on her back.
A few pals practice their cosplay on the space station's bathroom. They want to reenact the town musicians of Bremen, and so Frieda Fuchs stands at the bottom, the crab is on top of Frieda, the crane is on top of the crab, the opossum is on top of the crane, and the opossum carries her babies on her back.
贝
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⺆
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人
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Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
奂
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⺈
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央
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Helga Horse (hu) and the crane (⺈) ordered a new CPU (央) for their gaming system and inspect it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). It was very expensive and is therefore very excellent (奂); Helga and the crane both touch the fingertips of each hand and silently think "excellent" (奂).
奂
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⺈
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央
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Helga Horse (hu) and the crane (⺈) ordered a new CPU (央) for their gaming system and inspect it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). It was very expensive and is therefore very excellent (奂); Helga and the crane both touch the fingertips of each hand and silently think "excellent" (奂).
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
赖
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束
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负
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).
赖
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束
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负
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).
赖
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束
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负
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).