lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
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土
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田
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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
弄
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王
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廾
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Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with
弄
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王
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廾
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Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
弄
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王
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廾
:
Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
弄
=
王
+
廾
:
Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).