body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
身
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自
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丿
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Sherlock Holmes tries on his new bodysuit in front of the encampment. To see himself better in his hand mirror, he uses a banana as a selfie stick.
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
陷
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臽
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阝
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After Marie Curie (xi) caught the crane in the anthill's bathroom (an4) she wants to catch the pope (阝) next. She knows that a normal sling trap (臽) will not work, so she digs a pitfall (陷) this time, but to be on the safe side she installs an additional sling trap (臽) at the bottom of the pitfall (陷).
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery
笼
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⺮
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龙
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Lenny Lemur (lu) prepared dim sum in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As the dragon (龙) smells the dim sum he wants to try some, but Lenny Lemur (lu) covers (笼) the flat bamboo basket (笼) with a bamboo stick (⺮) to prevent the dragon from stealing the dim sum.