In former times, Marie Curie thought that at the end of every day, the sun falls into a well and therefore the light goes off. Nowadays as she is floating in front of the space station, she finds that she was right: as in the former times, every evening the sun goes into the well to fetch herself a milkshake.
井
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二
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丿
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丨
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Joan of Arc (ji) is digging a well (井) inside the engine ((e)ng3). At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor (二) to a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨), which dig for her using the electrical energy.
腊
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昔
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月
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Sir Lancelot (l) tries to pass the frickin' cold 12th lunar month (腊) as fast as possible by luring the moon (月) with pieces of preserved meat (腊) in order to make him pass by as fast as possible. Unfortunately the moon just drinks his milk shake (昔) sitting on the toilet in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and doesn't pay the least attention to Sir Lancelot.
腊
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昔
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月
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Sir Lancelot (l) tries to pass the frickin' cold 12th lunar month (腊) as fast as possible by luring the moon (月) with pieces of preserved meat (腊) in order to make him pass by as fast as possible. Unfortunately the moon just drinks his milk shake (昔) sitting on the toilet in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and doesn't pay the least attention to Sir Lancelot.
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)
借
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亻
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昔
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Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
借
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亻
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昔
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Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
蜡
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昔
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虫
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Sir Lancelot (l) spent all day waxing (蜡) the floor of the ashram's bathroom (a4). Even when the mosquito (虫) drops his milkshake (昔) on the floor it just drops off and doesn't wet the floor.
to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan
措
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扌
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昔
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Kitty Cat (cu) managed (措) to create a milk shake (昔) machine in the observatory's bathroom (o4) using many toy claws (扌) connected to electric motors. The machine handles (措) the whole operation of making the milk shakes.
to cherish / to begrudge / to pity / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
惜
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忄
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昔
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NASA ordered Marie Curie (xi) to do an experiment for them in front of the space station (Ø1). They are spending 2000000000 bucks to see what happens when you crush a milk shake (昔) with a flail (忄) in outer space. Marie Curie thinks it is a pity (惜) and would rather drink her cherished (惜) milk shake rather than crush it.
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
错
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昔
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钅
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Kitty Cat just finished polishing her golden harpoon in the observatory's bathroom, but afterwards she made the terrible mistake of dropping her milkshake on it. Now she'll have to polish it all over again.
醋
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酉
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昔
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Because Kitty Cat (cu) is chasing the rooster (酉) so often it decided to take revenge. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) Kitty Cat is about to enjoy a milkshake (昔) into which the rooster poured a good shot of vinegar (醋).
耤
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耒
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昔
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Mnemonic symbol: a plowed field. Joan of Arc (ji) is planting milk shakes (昔) in a plowed field (耤) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) after she plowed the field with a snow plow (耒).