to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]
升
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丿
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廾
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Mnemonic symbol: 升降机, shēng jiàng jī, a scissor lift.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is working on an undercover job in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is disguised as worker on a scissor lift (升), picking up bananas (丿) from engine's stones. He is always ready to strike and keeps his handcuffs (廾) ready at all times.