相吸

mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another

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each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

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相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

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相 = 木 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).

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吸

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale

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吸 = 及 + 口 : Just when Marie Curie (xi) and Yuwen Huaji (及) were on a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) they encountered an emergency: the failure of their oxygen supply. Their last hope is a hollow mandarin (口) they brought, out of which they suck (吸) their oxygen.

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