can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
可
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丁
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口
:
Karl Marx (k) is challenging his abilities (可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He tries to force a nail (丁) into a mandarin (口), just by using his head. On top of that he tries to do so one thousand times, in order to create a bed of nails (mnemonic symbol for 可).
可
=
丁
+
口
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Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.
操
=
喿
+
扌
:
The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
操
=
喿
+
扌
:
The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
的
=
勺
+
白
:
Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).
艺
=
乙
+
艹
:
Maud Younger (y) got a silver medal (乙) for her mad gymnastics skills (艺) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), where she performed her gymnastics on sheets of artificial lawn (艹).
术
=
丶
+
木
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In the space station's bathroom the surgeon wants to tickle Sheldon Shrimp with a petal leaf, but Sheldon thinks it's a trap and he wants to cut him open, so he hides behind a Christmas tree.