ordinary / commonplace / mundane / temporal / of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) / every / all / whatever / altogether / gist / outline / note of Chinese musical scale
Van Gogh (凡) is just about to turn an ordinary (凡) Frankenstein's Monster (f) into a superior being in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Frankenstein's Monster is lying on a normal (凡) table (几), while Van Gogh is body painting him using a petal leaf (丶) as brush.
Van Gogh (凡) is just about to turn an ordinary (凡) Frankenstein's Monster (f) into a superior being in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Frankenstein's Monster is lying on a normal (凡) table (几), while Van Gogh is body painting him using a petal leaf (丶) as brush.
尔
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⺈
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小
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Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
赛
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宀
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井
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丌
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贝
:
Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
文
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乂
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亠
:
Willy Walrus just entered the encampment. He wants to give his beret to the cloakroom personnel, but it's so dirty that they will only touch it with pliers. Willy Walrus is quite offended by this strange culture.
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
学
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小
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冖
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子
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Xu Xian wants to study scienceology and learn more about daisies. Just inside the elevator's kitchen, he put some daisies into a prize cup and covered them with a cooking top. He wants to study the growth rate of the daisies depending on the pH of the water in the prize cup.