within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
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丨
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]
科
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斗
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禾
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In front of the elevator, Karl Marx wants to conduct one of his science experiments. He wants to condition the matador to only eat cereals until the end of his life.
院
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完
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阝
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The pope (阝) wants to join the cloister (寺院), but first he has to pass Yu the Great's (yu) test. He has to run as fast as he can from Vatikan City to the anthill's bathroom (an4), where the entrance to the cloister is. As he arrives at the bathroom huffing and puffing, Yu the Great is waving with a checkered flag.