人生一世,草木一春

Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

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person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
life (one's time on earth)
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
surname Shi
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

= 廿 + L : Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah.
variant of 草[cao3]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
variant of 肏[cao4]
vegetation / plants
surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
old variant of 春[chun1]
surname Chun
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life

= 𡗗 + : In front of the encampment ((e)n1) Chantal Chicken (chu) and the sun (日) are eating spring rolls (春). The spring rolls are so fantastic that Chantal Chicken and the sun fold their hands (𡗗) and thank their creator for inventing so fantastic spring rolls.

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