to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通
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甬
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辶
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In front of the engine a pile of yongzhong bells were blocking the way. Tommy Turtle attended to the matter and cleared the way. He lined the bells up to two lines, put on his gladiator sandals and now marches right through this path screened by walls on two sides like a roman general.
letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
信
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亻
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言
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Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg are reading a letter of Karl Marx to the public in the encampment's bathroom. To make the message really come across to the people they use a megaphone.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
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也
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土
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Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
址
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土
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止
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James II of England (zh) found some old documents describing the location (址) of an old pirate treasure chest inside the space station (Ø3). He marks off the territory with a barrier (止) and builds up a huge pile of earth (土) as he digs for the treasure.