two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
两
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一
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从
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冂
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Li Qingzhao is on a treasure hunt in the anglepod, following a secret map she found. Finally she found a treasure chest guarded by a rubber chicken which she has to overcome. Luckily, the map mentions a tune that Li Qingzhao plays on her flute, and thus bewitching the rubber chicken. The rubber chicken releases the treasure chest, which is full of taels of gold.
国
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囗
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玉
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Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
之
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丶
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Z
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Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
间
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日
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门
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Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.