益
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丷
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一
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八
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皿
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Mnemonic symbol: Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger.
The mean crocodile (丷) is visiting Maud Younger (y) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and asks for her help. Somehow he lost all his energy. Maud knows what to do and pulls out a bit of Alpinia oxyphylla (益), an eight ball (八), a flute (一), and a shallow bowl (皿). She crushes the eight ball and the ginger in the bowl with her flute and while doing so, she tells the crocodile that this will be the ingredients for a tea which will be very beneficial (益) to him. It will not only restore his vigor, but also increase his intellect.
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more
益
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丷
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一
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八
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皿
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Mnemonic symbol: Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger.
The mean crocodile (丷) is visiting Maud Younger (y) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and asks for her help. Somehow he lost all his energy. Maud knows what to do and pulls out a bit of Alpinia oxyphylla (益), an eight ball (八), a flute (一), and a shallow bowl (皿). She crushes the eight ball and the ginger in the bowl with her flute and while doing so, she tells the crocodile that this will be the ingredients for a tea which will be very beneficial (益) to him. It will not only restore his vigor, but also increase his intellect.
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.
隘
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益
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阝
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In order to use the airplane's bathroom (ai4) you have to pass a narrow pass (隘) of a certain type of ginger (益). Because they want to go in different directions but cannot pass (隘) each other, Albert Einstein (Ø) and the Pope (阝) are in distress (隘).
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).