贵
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中
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一
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贝
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Mnemonic symbol: a treasure chest. Gitta Giraffe (gu) and the crab (贝) found a treasure chest (贵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Inside of the chest they found a very precious dart board (中) and flutes (一) made out of gold; they mistake the flutes for darts and play a game of darts throwing the flutes at the very expensive (贵) dart board.
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
州
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丶
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丷
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川
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Mnemonic symbol: the red cotton tree, as it is the official flower of 广州 (Guangzhou). A new river (川) formed spontaneously in front of the outhouse (ou1), and James II of England (zh) was barely able to climb on a red cotton tree (州). Other animals are happy about this development: a mean crocodile (丷) is floating on a petal leaf (丶) towards the red cotton tree.
to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department
省
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少
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目
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.