lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
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土
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田
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Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
勾
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勹
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厶
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The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
勾
=
勹
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厶
:
The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).
外
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夕
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卜
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There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).
连
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车
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辶
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Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.
连
=
车
+
辶
:
Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.