to invade / to encroach / to infringe / to approach
侵
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亻
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彐
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冖
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又
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Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) plan to invade (侵) the encampment. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) they are equipping themselves with their makeshift weapons: They are both using boxing gloves (又), Rosa has a cooking top on her head (冖), and the Queen of Hearts uses a fake pig snout (彐) to protect her face.
brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)
略
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各
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田
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Loki (lü) wants to play a prank on the elevator's visitors. In the bathroom (e4) he plants a field (田) of stars (各) around the toilet. His plan (略) is that the visitors will then have to step on many spiky stars if they want to reach the toilet.
战
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占
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戈
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James II of England (zh) prepares to fight a war (战) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a spear (戈) as a weapon and a yellow umbrella (占) as shield, following his hero Leonidas.
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).