lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
盖
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皿
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羊
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Guy Fawkes (g) always has to cover (盖) his rice bowl (皿) with cling wrap in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), otherwise the sheep (羊) will eat all the rice and get a stomach ache.
盍
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去
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皿
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Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.
Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.
盍
=
去
+
皿
:
Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.
Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]