to question / to ask / to interrogate / rapid / speedy / fast / news / information
讯
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卂
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讠
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Since Xu Xian (xu) invented his jet pack (卂) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) he is giving many interviews. The journalists question (讯) him through an advertising column (讠) with a video telephony panel.
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
框
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匡
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木
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Karl Koala (ku) is decorating his Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). He had a lot of rectifiers (匡) prepared and wants to install them on the tree for his LED installation. To get to all the nooks and crannies he installed an elaborate framework (框) around the Christmas tree.
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
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丨
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards
继
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乚
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米
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纟
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Joan of Arc (ji) has to watch how a sack of rice (米) falls on the silk worm (纟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and squeezes the silk worm to death. Joan of Arc, while burying the silk worm with a shovel (乚) under a heap of rice, swears to continue (继) the silk worm's work. She will take over the silk worm's jacket and earthenware bowl (继) and continue (继) its work to build the ultimate cocoon.