Mnemonic symbol: from 秋千 (qiu1 qian1), swing (seat hung from a frame or branch). The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).
秋
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Mnemonic symbol: from 秋千 (qiu1 qian1), swing (seat hung from a frame or branch).
The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.
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目
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秋
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The Eye of Providence (目) and Charlie Chaplin (ch) are looking at (瞅) their autumn (秋) harvest: only a single pumpkin. They look (瞅) at each other worriedly and wonder how they will survive winter in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
愁
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心
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秋
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) is swinging so high on the swing (秋) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) that he worries (愁) about his heart (心) jumping out of his chest.
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lü3 Bu4 wei2]