cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童
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立
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里
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Mnemonic symbol from "golden boy, jade girl": the golden boy.
The golden boy (童) fell in love with Tommy Turtle (tu). He is waiting for him in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to surprise him with a vase (立) full of sunflowers (里).
童
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立
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里
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Mnemonic symbol from "golden boy, jade girl": the golden boy.
The golden boy (童) fell in love with Tommy Turtle (tu). He is waiting for him in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to surprise him with a vase (立) full of sunflowers (里).
叟
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支
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臼
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Socrates (s) is cooking with the old gentleman (叟) in the outhouse (ou3). They use mortars (臼) to process branches (支) which they want to use to cook a soup.
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
无
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一
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𠂇
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乚
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Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.
无
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一
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𠂇
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乚
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Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.
Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.
Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
to take unfair advantage of / to deceive / to cheat
欺
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其
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欠
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) is playing a game of chess in front of the space station (Ø1), but she removed the two watchtowers (其) of her opponent and just left IOU notes (欠). Her opponent feels quite bullied (欺) by such a behavior, but since she is the queen he can't say anything.