to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
登
=
癶
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豆
:
To finance his adventures, Don Quixote (d) signed a sponsorship contract with a famous company producing canned beans (豆). In front of the engine ((e)ng1) he is scaling (登) a mountain of canned beans while wearing sexy nylons (癶). The character 登 depicts Don Quixote's legs (in nylons) standing on the mountain of canned beans.
灯
=
丁
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火
:
Don Quixote (d) was going for a walk in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with his lantern (灯) when it suddenly catched fire (火). He used a lantern which utilizes hydrogen, and when he accidentally ripped his lantern open at a nail (丁) on the floor, the hydrogen caught fire.
certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / variant of 症[zheng4]
证
=
正
+
讠
:
James II of England (zh) is not allowed to stay any longer in the engine, so in the bathroom ((e)ng4) he forges a visa (证) so he can stay. On an advertising column (讠) he scribbles his fake visa, but (like me) he sucks at drawing, so he is only able to draw a stick figure (正) where his photo should go.
澄
=
氵
+
登
:
Don Quixote (d) built a complex tower of water bottles (氵) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He set it up so that the water from one bottle is flowing into the next, and as impurities settle (澄) on the bottom of the bottles the water gets clearer and clearer (澄). To retrieve the cleanest water he has to climb (登) to the top of the tower though.
澄
=
氵
+
登
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a stack of water bottles (氵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The water in the bottles is exceptionally clear (澄). He even climbs (登) to the top of the stack to verify that the water in these bottles is very clear too.
澄
=
氵
+
登
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a stack of water bottles (氵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The water in the bottles is exceptionally clear (澄). He even climbs (登) to the top of the stack to verify that the water in these bottles is very clear too.
澄
=
氵
+
登
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a stack of water bottles (氵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The water in the bottles is exceptionally clear (澄). He even climbs (登) to the top of the stack to verify that the water in these bottles is very clear too.
橙
=
木
+
登
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) notices an orange (橙) hanging on the Christmas tree (木) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but he'll have to climb (登) to the top of the Christmas tree if he wants to get it.
to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at
瞪
=
登
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目
:
Don Quixote (d) mounted (登) the Eye of Providence (目) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). As Don Quixote is standing motionless on the eye they are both staring (瞪) at each other.