straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
直
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十
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目
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一
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Mnemonic symbol: someone straight edge. James II of England (zh) decided to go straight edge (直) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), and he also decided that this means he won't listen to music anymore. The Eye of Providence (目) promptly plays some music on its flute (一) to tease him, whereupon the James II of England defends himself by holding up a cross (十).
to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve
抒
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予
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扌
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Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is in a dire situation in front of the space station (Ø1): he desperately needs to find a villains address in a huge database. Zai Yu (予) comes to his rescue: he prepares to get ready to hack the computer using two toy claws (扌) and excaims: "everybody stand back! I know regular expressions (抒)!"
胸
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匈
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月
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Xu Xian (xu) noticed Bela Lugosi (匈) is just going out when the full moon (月) is shining at the night sky and suspects that he is a vampire. Therefore, he plots against Bela and one month later, he rams a stake into Bela's chest (胸) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Bela just feels a little chest (胸) pain but nothing more, since Xu Xian missed his heart.