Mandarinbanana

Karl (name)

kǎ = k + a3

to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette

卡 = 上 + 卜 : Karl Marx (k) wants to destroy capitalism by crushing credit cards (卡) with a voodoo staff (卜) and by stomping on (上) them in the ashram (a3).

卡

qiǎ = qi + a3

to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]

尔

尒

ěr = Ø + Ø3

variant of 爾|尔[er3]

尔

爾

ěr = Ø + Ø3

thus / so / like that / you / thou

尔 = ⺈ + 小 : Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.

没

沒

méi = m + ei2

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

没 = 殳 + 氵 : Mahatma Gandhi is being carried out of the Eiffel Tower, and he just passed the entrance. He is not allowed to enter, because he has no money. He begs to be allowed to enter and tries to trade a bottle of water and a halberd for a ticket.

没

沒

mò = m + o4

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate

没

沒

méi = m + ei2

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

看

kàn

见

見

jiàn

to see / to catch sight of

看

ka̅n = k + an1

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

看

kàn = k + an4

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

看 = 手 + 目 : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.

见

見

jiàn = ji + an4

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.

见

見

xiàn = xi + an4

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

他

ta̅ = t + a1

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

他 = 也 + 亻 : Tecumseh (t) was discovered when Rosa Luxemburg (亻) excavated (也) him (他) in front of the ashram (a1).

的

di̅ = di + Ø1

see 的士[di1 shi4]

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

的

de = d + e5

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

的 = 勺 + 白 : Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).

的

dì = di + Ø4

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

剑

劍

jiàn = ji + an4

double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

剑 = 佥 + 刂 : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

剑

劒

jiàn = ji + an4

variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

剑 = 佥 + 刂 : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

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