Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
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土
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田
:
Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
希
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乂
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布
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Mnemonic symbol: John Hope (the educator).
In front of the space station, John Hope blindfolded Marie Curie. He wants to teach her to follow him, gripping his pliers. Marie hopes that he will lead her back to the space station as soon as possible.
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
特
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寺
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牛
:
Tecumseh (t) has a very special (特) mount: In contrast to the other Indians he rides a bull (牛). Moreover, the bull is so special (特) that it meditates in front of the Buddhist shrine (寺) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) together with Tecumseh.
霍
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隹
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雨
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The sparrow (隹) is riding on Helga Horse's (hu) back through observatory's bathroom (o4) when suddenly (霍) it starts to rain (雨). The sparrow gets very wet (look: 霍) before he escapes under Helga's belly.
霍
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隹
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雨
:
The sparrow (隹) is riding on Helga Horse's (hu) back through observatory's bathroom (o4) when suddenly (霍) it starts to rain (雨). The sparrow gets very wet (look: 霍) before he escapes under Helga's belly.
芬
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分
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艹
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) has a new job. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) he has to rip apart a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) into so small pieces that only a perfume (芬) remains. Moreover, he has to do it in under one minute standing next to a stopwatch (分).