统
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充
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纟
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The president (统) wants to unite (统) the country, so he sets up free mobile phone chargers (充) for everyone inside of the engine ((e)ng3). As soon as he plugged in the first few chargers there are already a silk worm (纟) and Tommy Turtle (tu) peacefully sitting next to each other to charge their phones.
chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means
筹
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⺮
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寿
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.
double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
兼
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秝
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肀
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Mnemonic symbol: a double. Joan of Arc (ji) and her stunt double (兼) are eating two bowls of cereals (秝) while the real Joan of Arc signs autographs with her crayon (肀) in front of the anthill (an1).
顾
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厄
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页
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GItta Giraffe is sick and has to stay in bed in the space station's bathroom. A Greek nymph is taking care of her; there are many sheets of paper floating around as the nymph is even taking care of Gitta's taxes.
to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to
顾
=
厄
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页
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GItta Giraffe is sick and has to stay in bed in the space station's bathroom. A Greek nymph is taking care of her; there are many sheets of paper floating around as the nymph is even taking care of Gitta's taxes.