affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means
务
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力
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夂
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Willy Walrus practices a performance in the space station's bathroom. To honor the CCP, he dances wearing high heels. The grande finale is a banner that is unrolled upon hitting a power button, which reads "为人民服务".
柔
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木
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矛
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Robinson Crusoe (r) invented a new judo (柔) flavor in which judo is combined with wielding a soft (柔) rubber lance (矛). He is trying out his new technique by practising with a Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2), trying to bring the tree down with his lance.
茅
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艹
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矛
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Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a thatched hut (茅) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He stuck four lances (矛) into the ground and built the roof with artificial lawn (艹), reeds (茅), and rushes (茅).
茅
=
艹
+
矛
:
Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a thatched hut (茅) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He stuck four lances (矛) into the ground and built the roof with artificial lawn (艹), reeds (茅), and rushes (茅).
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard