闍
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者
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門
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者
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zhe3
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zh
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e3
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this |
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George Washington is riding on the sun with two clay bananas as shoes. He's a clay banana sun rider.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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The sun is wearing a crown. This reminds me of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, the Sun King.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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The crown wearing sun, the Sun King and George Washington are sticking their clay bananas in the air as if they were the three musketeers.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years
ago
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者
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⺹
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日
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⺹
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⺹
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土
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丿
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土
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tu3
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tu
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Ø3
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Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu |
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tu3
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tu
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Ø3
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earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
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Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station (Ø3). It's hard to do it in outer space, so he uses some dust and clay (土) to fix the two things together.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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土
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十
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一
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十
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shi2
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sh
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Ø2
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ten / 10 |
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Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing, which just arrived at the entrance of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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十
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一
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丨
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一
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yi1
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y
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Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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十
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一
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丨
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土
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十
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一
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一
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yi1
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y
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Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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⺹
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土
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丿
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丿
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pie3
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pi
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e3
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] |
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Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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者
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⺹
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日
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日
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ri4
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r
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Ø4
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sun / day / date, day of the month / abbr. for 日本 Japan |
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The space station has become too close to the sun. In the bathroom, Robinson Crusoe is hiding from the sun with the help of a wooden box full of flutes.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 4 years
ago
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日
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囗
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一
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囗
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wei2
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w
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ei2
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enclosure |
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Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
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日
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囗
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一
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一
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yi1
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y
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Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,almost 5 years
ago
Image by Matthias,about 4 years
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