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).
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated
累
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田
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糸
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Sir Lancelot (l) is working on an excavation field (田) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). He has been excavating lots and lots of silken scarves (糸) and ropes (累). The scavers and ropes are accumulating (累) on two heaps to his left and right side respectively.
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard
累
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田
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糸
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Sir Lancelot (l) worked all day on his field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and is extremely tired (累). He swipes off the sweat on his forehead with a silken scarf (糸) and holds tight to a rope (累) hanging from the ceiling to not fall down from exhaustion.
累
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田
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糸
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Sir Lancelot (l) planted a field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) and knotted a lot of ropes (累) and silken scarves (糸) together to create a fence and mark off his territory.