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
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
体
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亻
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本
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Rosa Luxemburg envies Mother Teresa's hot body. She asks her how she can be such a hottie even when lifting is not possible, like in the space station's zero gravity, and Mother Teresa answers that it's because of the roots she's eating.
经
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又
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Joan of Arc is boiling with indignation when she sees a silk worm (or rather a book worm?) looking out of a hole in her sacred tome in front of the engine. To drive the worm out, Joan of Arc attached a boxing glove to a steel beam and gains momentum for her sucker punch.
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
经
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纟
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又
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工
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Joan of Arc is boiling with indignation when she sees a silk worm (or rather a book worm?) looking out of a hole in her sacred tome in front of the engine. To drive the worm out, Joan of Arc attached a boxing glove to a steel beam and gains momentum for her sucker punch.
to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help
济
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氵
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齐
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Joan of Arc (ji) accidentally knocked over the only water supply bottle (氵) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and now she's in big trouble. She uses the empty bottle as a drum to call for help (济), but it is of no use; she would need a gong instead. Unfortunately the drum is ready, but the gong is not (齐).
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
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小
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冖
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子
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Xu Xian wants to study scienceology and learn more about daisies. Just inside the elevator's kitchen, he put some daisies into a prize cup and covered them with a cooking top. He wants to study the growth rate of the daisies depending on the pH of the water in the prize cup.