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Xu Xian (xu) is interested in fasting for ten days (旬). In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) he finds an interactive advertising column (讠) and inquires (询) about pros and cons.
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Mnemonic symbol: to fast for ten days.
Xu Xian (xu) has been fasting for ten days now (旬). He tries to get by just by absorbing the sun's (日) energy, but as he is sun bathing in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and a fat elephant (勹) walks by he cannot help but bite the elephant's leg.
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).