smile (archaic)
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)
variant of 說|说[shuo1]
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母
to coil
can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])
to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
to balance an account / accounting / accountant
used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
上
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丨
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二
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) investigates a mysterious murder in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Somebody has been killed while using the golden squat toilet. He finds a mysterious apparatus on top (上) of it, and breaks it open using a dinosaur bone (丨). As the apparatus breaks, he finds the murderer's weapon: The dinosaur bone is sticking in a capacitor (二), which has been hooked up to the golden squat toilet to kill the victim using the lethal electric charge.
上
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一
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丄
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Mnemonic symbol: as in the movie "Up", someone will be using lots of balloons to send something on a long journey. Sherlock Holmes (sh) prepares to take off in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). He fixed a lot of balloons (上) to a flute (一), on which he plans to sit during his journey. At this moment the flute is only held back by the 90 degree corner clamp (丄) which is fixing it to the ground.
(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not
to request the pleasure of seeing sb / to ask sb in / to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other