surname Shan
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + + : In front of the anthill there are many, really a field of crosses because Don Quixote killed so many people on his crusades. Today is his judgement day: a mean crocodile reads the list of his victims to him, and Don Quixote is really 不好意思.

單 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甲 just looks like a protest placard.

It's the first (甲) time Joan of Arc (ji) is protesting against something using a protest placard (甲). Inside of the ashram (a3), she is protesting against the many dinosaur bones (丨) lying around. She does not only have a protest placard, she also uses a microphone (曰) to deliver raging speeches.

Characters with 單 as component

to fight / fight / war / battle

= + : James II of England (zh) prepares to fight a war (战) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a spear (戈) as a weapon and a yellow umbrella (占) as shield, following his hero Leonidas.
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

= + : Tecumseh (t) is giving a concert in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He is playing a composite bow (弓) with just a single string. As he is plucking (弹) the string (弹) of his bow, he often looks at the floor where he taped a list (单) of songs to play so that he doesn't forget which song is next.
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

= + : Don Quixote (d) is preparing a bullet (弹) list in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but he took the term a little too literally. To create the bullet points on his list (单), he is trying to shoot bullets (弹) at the list using a composite bow (弓).
dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)
to abdicate
to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) fell through a trap door (门) when he wanted to leave the bar in the anthill (an3), and inside the snake pit below he finds a long list (单) explaining (阐) that it is his sole responsibility that he fell through the trap door because he got too drunk.
cicada
name of a district in Hebei
(horse)
beautiful / graceful
dread / fear / dislike

= + : Santa Clause finds Don Quixote (d) hiding in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Don Quixote sees that Santa brought his huge flail (忄) and Don Quixote fears (惮) that he is on Santa's list (单) of naughty kids.
to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3]
entirely / to exhaust
round basket for cooked rice
garment without a lining
great / severe
used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[tan1 tan1]
used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[chan3 chan3] and 嘽緩|啴缓[chan3 huan3]

Words with 單

leaflet / flier / pamphlet
leaflet; flier; pamphlet
not the only / not merely / not simply
guarantee slip
insurance policy (document)
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
stop-loss order (finance)
not simple; rather complicated / remarkable; marvelous
to place an order / to order / an order (of goods)
to place an order (commerce)
not simple / rather complicated / remarkable / marvelous

Sentences with 單

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