self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
自
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丶
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目
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Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.
The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由
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丨
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曰
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Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.
Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
选
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先
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辶
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Xu Xian (xu) squired the FLOTUS (先) to go shopping, but inside of the anthill (an3) he soon regrets his decision as he has to help the FLOTUS select (选) one pair of gladiator sandals (辶) out of hundreds of similar looking pairs.
to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]
择
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丨
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又
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扌
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二
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Zorro (z) has to select (择) his new weapon between two terrible choices (择) in the elevator's kitchen (e2): there is either a boxing glove (又) or a dinosaur bone (丨). He has to select one using a toy claw (扌), but he has to choose wisely: one of the items is hooked to a charged capacitor (二) which will shock Zorro should he take the wrong choice (择).
权
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又
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木
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Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
权
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又
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木
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Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).