剪
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刀
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前
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Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
scissors / shears / clippers / CL:把[ba3] / to cut with scissors / to trim / to wipe out or exterminate
剪
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刀
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前
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Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
切
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七
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刀
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The Queen of Hearts is ready to cut and slice anything and anybody: She's holding a seven-branched laser sword and a cleaver in her hands in front of the elevator.
definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / close to / eager / to correspond to / see also 反切[fan3 qie4]
形
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开
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彡
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Marie Curie (xi) is modding her fake Santa Clause beard (彡) into a new shape (形). With a bottle opener (开) she carves the beard in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) so that it gets a fractal (形) shape (形).