柔
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木
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矛
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Robinson Crusoe (r) invented a new judo (柔) flavor in which judo is combined with wielding a soft (柔) rubber lance (矛). He is trying out his new technique by practising with a Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2), trying to bring the tree down with his lance.
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
木
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八
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十
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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).
揉
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扌
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柔
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Robinson Crusoe (r) is practicing his judo (柔) skills in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He wrestled his enemy to the ground and tortures (揉) him by rubbing (揉) his belly with a toy claw (扌).
soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]