十二時辰

twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy

Characters and words in 十二時辰

ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
twelve / 12
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

= : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
surname Shi
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

= + : The sun asks Sherlock Holmes out for a coffee just inside the entrance of the space station. Looking at his pocket watch, Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up".

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is celebrating the birthday of his Scottish ancestors with a birthday cake (辰) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). He is finishing the cake using a chocolate factory (厂) and to pay respect to his ancestors he is wearing a kilt (衣).

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