to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
联
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关
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耳
:
Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
欢
=
又
+
欠
:
Helga Horse has not been boxing for a long time and is overjoyed to find a pair of boxing gloves just in front of the anthill. Not thinking twice she picks up the gloves and rushes to the next fitness center, leaving an IOU note behind for the owner of the gloves to find.