decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
饰
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布
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饣
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) has been hiding in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to find out who has been smearing ornaments (饰) to the walls. One night he finally observes an intruder masked with an eye mask (布) smearing greasy lines on the wall using a Chinese cruller (饣).
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1]
钉
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丁
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钅
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Dorothy Gale (di) is eating a quarter of a pizza (丁) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a golden harpoon (钅) when she suddenly finds a nail (钉) on the pizza.
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
钉
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丁
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钅
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Dorothy Gale (di) uses the nail (钉) she found earlier to nail (钉) her pizza (丁) to the wall of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to serve as warning for other visitors. As a hammer she uses a golden harpoon (钅).