mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength
Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.
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Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.