to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
兴
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小
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一
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八
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I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.
兴
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小
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一
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八
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Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.
Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).
to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including
除
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余
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阝
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The pope is having Chantal Chicken drag him around in his sedan chair. Chantal Chicken is really annoyed by this and plans to get rid of him just as they pass the entrance of the space station.
弊
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敝
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廾
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Brunhilde (bi) was running a fraudulent (弊) business in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where she would sell overpriced old, worn-out shoes (敝) to unsuspecting victims. She was found out though and is right about to be taken into custody with her hands cuffed (廾).