三個臭皮匠,頂個諸葛亮

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

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surname San
three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes. Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the people. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) people stop to watch the performance.
used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man (人) needs to use the elevator's bathroom (e4) but it's occupied by Guy Fawkes (g), and there's only space for one individual (个). Impatiently Neanderthal Man knocks on the door using his dinosaur bone (丨).
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has not showered for days and is very stinky (臭). In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) the Saint Bernard dog (犬) even holds a mirror (自) in front of him to let him see how filthy he looks.
sense of smell / smell bad
surname Pi
leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty

= + 丿 + + : Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.

= + 丿 + + : Just inside the entrance of the space station Pocahontas destroys her cow's hide with a sickle because she decided to go vegan. Instead of leather she'll wear a banana peel as coat, boxing gloves as shoes and a big dinosaur bone as long hat.

= + 丿 + + : New mnemonic symbol, since I also use the cow's hide for 革: leather shoes.
craftsman
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is taking care of the receipts (页) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She has a big nail (丁) on her head (顶) and every time there is a new receipt, she just pierces it onto the nail.
surname Zhu

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) tells Louis XIV (者) all about his special sugarcane (诸) in front of the space station (Ø1). He got a picture of the sugarcane on an advertising column (讠) and starts his speech using the royal plural: "Ladies and Gentlemen (诸), ..."
all / various

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) tells Louis XIV (者) all about his special sugarcane (诸) in front of the space station (Ø1). He got a picture of the sugarcane on an advertising column (讠) and starts his speech using the royal plural: "Ladies and Gentlemen (诸), ..."
two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1 ge2]
surname Ge
kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) keeps turning the quiz wheel (曷) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) because he wants to get the hemp cloth (葛) to make a mask out of it, but every time he just wins sheets of artificial lawn (艹).
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind
bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal

= + + + : Li Qingzhao polishes her new sculpture in the anglepod's bathroom shortly before it is to be presented. Her sculpture consists of a table, a cooking top, a mandarin and a beret which are assembled to a large tower. She uses a lot of polish to make it shine as much as possible.

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