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see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

= + : Tecumseh (t) tries on his new cowboy boots (⻊) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but accidentally he tramples (踏) all over his hot tub (沓).
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

= + : Pinocchio is playing with his cow hide in the observatory's bathroom. Unfortunately he accidentally destroys the toilet by hurling a huge rock at the toilet, using the cow hide as sling.
surname Tie

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
shoe / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) made herself some shoes (鞋) and tries them on in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She cut the shoes out of a cow's hide (革) of which shreds are scattered all around. The shoes are a bit small, so Marie needs to use a jade tablet (圭) as shoehorn to get into the shoe.
variant of 鞋[xie2]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) made herself some shoes (鞋) and tries them on in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She cut the shoes out of a cow's hide (革) of which shreds are scattered all around. The shoes are a bit small, so Marie needs to use a jade tablet (圭) as shoehorn to get into the shoe.
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : 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.
(literary) to seek / to find

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is looking for (觅) her razor (爫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but she just cannot find it. Finally she looks at the recordings of the bathroom's surveillance camera (见) and finds that it has been stolen by her roomie.
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a spotlight

= + : Chantal Chicken has found the perfect spot for her performance. In the space station's bathroom she puts on her high heels, sets up the voodoo staff, turns on the spotlight and practices her voodoo pole dance in this protected location.
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

= + : Don Quixote found a magic lamp and rubs it inside the elevator's kitchen. A genie appears and grants Don Quixote his wish for black sneakers. Unfortunately they are second hand and so smelly that Don Quixote instantly catches a disease.
de = d + e5
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

= + : Because Don Quixote is so disappointed by the black sneakers he got from the genie from the magic lamp, he kicks both very mad from the rooftop of the elevator.
to have to / must / ought to / to need to

= + : Because Don Quixote kicked the genie's lamp from the rooftop of the Erechtheion as far as to inside of the Eiffel Tower, the genie demands Don Quixote to apologize. Inside of the Eiffel Tower, Don Quixote kowtows to the genie, who takes back the black sneakers he gave to Don Quixote earlier.
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).
surname Quan
all / whole / entire / every / complete

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a whole-wheat bread.

= + : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Neanderthal Man, Martin Luther King and Cupid have gathered for a world record attempt. They want to eat a whole 100 kg whole-wheat bread in under one hour.
(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
surname Fei
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses

= + : Frankenstein's monster finds that here is a crab in a woven basket for sale in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He feels sorry for the crab, spends a lot of money to purchase it and releases it into freedom.
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.
to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting
(old) laborer
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker

= + : In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

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