先
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⺧
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儿
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Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.
In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
斩
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斤
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车
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Mnemonic symbol from 斩草除根: lawn mower. James II of England (zh) accidentally dropped bar bells (斤) onto the anthill's owner's cabriolet (车). The owner is mad as hell and wants to behead (斩) James II of England in the living room (an3) using a lawn mower (斩).
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后
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⺁
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𠮛
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Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.
to play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
奏
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𡗗
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天
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Zorro (z) receives a guest in the Louver's bathroom (ou4), an angel (天). The angle sits down and folds his hands (𡗗) while Zorro is playing music (奏) on his whip.