lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
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土
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田
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Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
海
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每
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氵
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Due to the runaway greenhouse effect, the oceans have risen and the airplane has been flooded. To do his daily workout, Hamlet has to do a handstand on two water bottles and do his push-ups this way.
ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
海
=
每
+
氵
:
Due to the runaway greenhouse effect, the oceans have risen and the airplane has been flooded. To do his daily workout, Hamlet has to do a handstand on two water bottles and do his push-ups this way.