篮
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⺮
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监
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Sir Lancelot (l) has been put into a prison cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). There is a basketball hoop (篮) inside his cage, but every time he is about to dump one, someone sticks a bamboo stick (⺮) into the cage and prevents the ball from going trough the net just to annoy Lancelot.
circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to surround / to circle
圈
=
卷
+
囗
:
Cupid (qu) opened a show business (圈) in front of the anthill (an1). It consists of a mysterious wooden box (囗) around which Cupid will lead every interested passer-by in circles (圈), and then into the box. Inside the box Cupid has a lot of hair rollers (卷) with which he will transform the hair of any victim.