梯
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弟
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木
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Jesse James (弟) helps Mother Teresa (ti) decorate a Christmas tree (木) standing on a ladder (梯) in front of the space station (Ø1). Mother Teresa is very thankful, but she doesn't now that secretly Jesse James is decorating the tree with TNT (梯恩梯).
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
弟
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丷
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弓
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丨
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丿
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Mnemonic symbol: Jesse James, the younger one of the James brothers (弟).
A mean crocodile (丷) harasses Dorothy Gale (di) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Jesse James (弟) is there to stop him. With a composite bow (弓), he shoots a banana (丿) as a warning shot; as the banana doesn't stop the crocodile, Jesse shoots a dinosaur bone (丨) right into the crocodile's crotch.
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).