休氏白喉林鶯

休 = 亻 + 木 : Rosa Luxemburg took Marie Curie for a long trip to the outhouse, and now Marie Curie is tired. Luckily there's a nice and big Christmas tree in front of the outhouse, so Rosa Luxemburg sets up Marie's folding chair in its shadow to let her rest.

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休

xiu̅ = xi + ou1

to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't

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休 = 亻 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a folding chair

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氏

shì = sh + Ø4

clan name / maiden name

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Mnemonic symbol: Christopher MacLeod, leader of the MacLeod clan.

Sherlock Holmes and Christopher MacLeod are fighting for the leadership of the MacLeod clan in the space station's bathroom.

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氏

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

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白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

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白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

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白

bái

喉

hóu

diphtheria

喉

hóu = h + ou2

throat / larynx

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喉 = 侯 + 口 : The marquis (侯) gets a mandarin (口) stuck in his throat (喉) in the outhouse (ou2), but fortunately Hamlet (h) quickly performs the Heimlich maneuver on him.

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林

lín = li + (e)n2

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

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林 = 木 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).

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