shàng
ba̅
dòng
shén
xia̅n
 
 
zho̅ng
ba̅
dòng
shén
xia̅n
 
 
xià
ba̅
dòng
shén
xia̅n
Celestial beings from the eight upper caves, from the eight middle caves, and from the eight lower caves.
used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) investigates a mysterious murder in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Somebody has been killed while using the golden squat toilet. He finds a mysterious apparatus on top (上) of it, and breaks it open using a dinosaur bone (丨). As the apparatus breaks, he finds the murderer's weapon: The dinosaur bone is sticking in a capacitor (二), which has been hooked up to the golden squat toilet to kill the victim using the lethal electric charge.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: as in the movie "Up", someone will be using lots of balloons to send something on a long journey. Sherlock Holmes (sh) prepares to take off in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). He fixed a lot of balloons (上) to a flute (一), on which he plans to sit during his journey. At this moment the flute is only held back by the 90 degree corner clamp (丄) which is fixing it to the ground.
eight; 8

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.
cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Doggy Dog (du) finds two twins (同) have fallen down the cave (洞) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He immediately begins to dig a tunnel to bring them a bottle of water (氵) until more help arrives.
Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person
God / abbr. for 神舟[Shen2 zhou1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.
deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing

= + : Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.
immortal

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and Marie Curie are merging their entities into a new superentity in front of the anthill. They are using forks to form the connection.
variant of 仙[xian1]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and Marie Curie are merging their entities into a new superentity in front of the anthill. They are using forks to form the connection.
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

= + : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.