to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy
缠
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纟
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广
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里
:
Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
结
=
吉
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纟
:
The silk worm and Joan of Arc are in an awkward situation. The giant has pulled the worm so long that she's long enough to tie Joan of Arc to one of the pillars of the elevator's kitchen, and to even make a knot.