足
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龰
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.
ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[ge4] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chang3]
球
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求
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王
:
Martin Luther King and the Queen of Hearts are playing with a globe beach ball in the outhouse's kitchen. They put a service request bell just between them and bounce their beach ball off of it with a loud "DING".
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
+
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).