椎
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木
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隹
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The sparrow (隹) put a very special present for Julian Giant Squid (zhu) under the Christmas tree (木) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1): a spine (椎).
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).