阿
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可
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阝
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Auntie, Albert Einstein and the Pope are having a contest in front of the ashram: Who can sit longer on a bed of nails? The Pope secretly calls God's power and just hovers a little over the bed of nails. Albert Einstein calculates exactly how he has to place his body to not excert too much force on any body part. Auntie just sits down on the bed of nails, and wins in the end.
尔
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⺈
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小
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Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.
Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand
泰
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𡗗
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氺
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Tecumseh (t) is using the toilet in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). With his hands folded (𡗗) he looks like a grand (泰) peaceful (泰) magnate (泰). Later he is going to wash himself using the aqueduct (氺).
泰
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𡗗
+
氺
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Tecumseh (t) is using the toilet in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). With his hands folded (𡗗) he looks like a grand (泰) peaceful (泰) magnate (泰). Later he is going to wash himself using the aqueduct (氺).
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
山
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丨
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凵
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Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.
arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
脉
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月
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永
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Mahatma Gandhi (m) is getting married to the moon (月) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The moon puts a diamond ring (永) on Gandhi's finger which is so tight that Gandhi's arteries and veins (脉) are getting all bound off.