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Translation

ba̅ = b + a1: eight; 8

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

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八 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Right-falling stroke
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Characters with 八 as component

small / tiny / few / young
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(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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part / share / ingredient / component
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to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
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his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
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classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
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only / merely / just / but
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yellow / pornographic / to fall through
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Words with 八

International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nü3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
assembled at random / a motley collection
term used in Taiwan for 黑白無常|黑白无常[Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2]
bits and pieces / scattered fragments
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
International Women's Day (March 8)
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess
see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]
see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2]

Sentences with 八

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