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Translation

sì = s + Ø4: Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

Mnemonic

Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.

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寺 character breakdown

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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a unit of length / inch / thumb
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Characters with 寺 as component

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special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
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to serve / to attend upon
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to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
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class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once
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abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
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to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
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Words with 寺

temple / monastery / shrine
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4]
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
Buddhist temple
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai
abbey / large monastery
Daci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
Imperial Court of Judicial Review
Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review
Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding / Taibus banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
Taibus banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2]
Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2]
Ramoche Temple, Lhasa
same as 太僕寺|太仆寺[Tai4 pu2 si4], Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding

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