always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case
总
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丷
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口
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心
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Mnemonic symbol: to go all in during a poker game.
总
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丷
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口
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心
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Zapatista Zebra and the mean crocodile are playing poker inside of the engine. The crocodile decided to go all in with his mandarin, and Zapatista Zebra has no choice but to set his heart.
general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
主
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丶
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王
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Julian Giant Squid is playing cards with Martin Luther King in the space station. It's Martin Luther King's turn, and he holds a petal leaf in his hand high above his head: it's his trump card, and on it depicted is the Lord himself.
religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
教
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孝
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攵
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Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.