Chinese mugwort or wormwood / moxa / to stop or cut short / phonetic "ai" or "i" / abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
艾
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乂
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艹
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Albert Einstein (Ø) cut himself, so he wanted to treat his wound with wormwood (艾) and mugwort (艾) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He finds that he accidentally used artificial lawn (艹) instead, and much worse, it has been used by someone else before. Quickly he uses a pair of pliers (乂) to draw out the artificial lawn again to stop (艾) getting aids (艾).
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
赛
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宀
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井
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丌
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贝
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Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).
克
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儿
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古
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Karl Marx and Sun Wukong both tried to change the world. After they both failed, they went crazy, and now they have to retreat into a cloister in the elevator's bathroom wearing straitjackets.
斯
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其
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斤
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In front of the space station, Socrates is in a peculiar situation. The sphinx, who is sitting on top of a watch tower, posed him a riddle and dares him to solve it. Should he fail he has to lift barbells for the rest of his life in the tower.
斯
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其
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斤
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In front of the space station, Socrates is in a peculiar situation. The sphinx, who is sitting on top of a watch tower, posed him a riddle and dares him to solve it. Should he fail he has to lift barbells for the rest of his life in the tower.