to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
争
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⺈
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肀
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Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).
妍
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女
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开
:
Maud Younger just entered anthill and bumped into Bessie Coleman. She has a bottle opener with her and uses it to put on her beer goggles, and as a result she admires Bessie for her beauty.
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗
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⺀
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十
:
Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 is a matador, who will represent 斗.
斗
=
⺀
+
十
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In the outhouse, the matador and Don Quixote started to fight. Now they want to settle it once and for all in the bathroom. The matador chose a cross as a weapon, while Don Quixote chose a blossom—to cushion the crosses' blows.
艳
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丰
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色
:
The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).