desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect
荒
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巟
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艹
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Helga Horse (hu) got rid of a few chemical waste containers (巟) by emptying them over the ground in front of the anglepod (ang1). To cover up the barren ground (荒) she distributes many artificial lawn sheets (艹).
诞
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延
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讠
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Don Quixote (d) is celebrating his birthday (诞) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a big display mounted on an advertising column (讠) to talk to Santa Clause (诞) on a video call, but he is experiencing a lot of lag (延).
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
无
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一
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𠂇
+
乚
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Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.
无
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一
+
𠂇
+
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.