to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
守
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宀
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寸
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Sherlock Holmes just graduated from police school and stands guard in the outhouse. Still wearing his graduation cap and carrying a huge shield, he's protecting the outhouse's art. The visitors are a bit afraid of him, so he thumbs up to show them that there's no danger from him.
恒
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亘
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忄
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Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)
恒
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亘
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忄
:
Hamlet (h) is trying to get rid of the contrails (亘) extending across engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) with a flail (忄), but the contrails are fixed (恒) to the firmament very rigidly.