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Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit engine, but he's held up at the entrance ((e)ng2). If he wants to enter he has to pass a lie detector test first. He readily takes the test and answers all questions very honestly (诚), and the progress bar mounted on top of an advertising column (讠) shows steady progress. At the very end however the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成) and won't progress regardless of how honest (诚) Charlie answers his questions.
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Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.
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Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
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Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.
成
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戈
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Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
Characters with 诚 as component
诚
is not used as a component in another character.