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Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
卜
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Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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八
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Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).