lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
披
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扌
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皮
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Pocahontas (pi) got a new cape (披), and she's wearing it for the first time in front of the space station (Ø1). The cape is made of a cow's hide (皮) and Pocahontas spreads it out (披) using two toy claws (扌).
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
斩
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斤
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车
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Mnemonic symbol from 斩草除根: lawn mower. James II of England (zh) accidentally dropped bar bells (斤) onto the anthill's owner's cabriolet (车). The owner is mad as hell and wants to behead (斩) James II of England in the living room (an3) using a lawn mower (斩).