to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection
解
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刀
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牛
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角
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Mnemonic symbol: acetone, in which anything can be dissolved.
Inside of the elevator (e3) Joan of Arc (ji) is dissolving a horn (角). A moment ago she cut the horn from the bull's (牛) head using a cleaver (刀). The bull is still shocked as he sees Joan of Arc dissolve (解) his horn in acetone (解).
嘲
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口
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朝
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The pilgrim (朝) is getting ready in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) for his big trip. He packed lots and lots of mandarins (口) on his back. Charlie Chaplin (ch) mocks (嘲) him for just packing mandarins, but as Charlie is laughing, he trips over a mandarin and falls, giving the pilgrim an opportunity to mock (嘲) him in return.