霸
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䩗
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雨
:
As it started to rain (雨) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) Beelzebub (b) covered the moon (䩗) with a cow's hide (䩗) so that it doesn't get wet, but soon a mean tyrant (霸) came by and stole the cow's hide.
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
霸
=
䩗
+
雨
:
As it started to rain (雨) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) Beelzebub (b) covered the moon (䩗) with a cow's hide (䩗) so that it doesn't get wet, but soon a mean tyrant (霸) came by and stole the cow's hide.
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
州
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丶
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丷
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川
:
Mnemonic symbol: the red cotton tree, as it is the official flower of 广州 (Guangzhou). A new river (川) formed spontaneously in front of the outhouse (ou1), and James II of England (zh) was barely able to climb on a red cotton tree (州). Other animals are happy about this development: a mean crocodile (丷) is floating on a petal leaf (丶) towards the red cotton tree.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) started a supermarket (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but all he has for sale right now are berets (亠) and towels (巾). He should have opened it at the beach!