History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
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The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.
to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale
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东
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The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.
book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write
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Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is enjoying a good book (书) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone (丨) and two plows (㇆). He is laying very comfortable on a petal (丶) serving as sofa.