三
=
一
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二
:
Mnemonic symbol: a Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes.
Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the ants. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) ants stop to watch the performance.
岛
=
乌
+
山
:
Don Quixote (d) is trapped on a remote island (岛) inside of the aortas (ao3). The only animal on the island is a black crow (乌), and Don Quixote is chasing it with a fork (山) round and round the island, trying to catch it.
岛
=
乌
+
山
:
Don Quixote (d) is trapped on a remote island (岛) inside of the aortas (ao3). The only animal on the island is a black crow (乌), and Don Quixote is chasing it with a fork (山) round and round the island, trying to catch it.
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由
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丨
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曰
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Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.
Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle
纪
=
己
+
纟
:
Joan of Arc finds the space station's bathroom full of silken threads. She even cannot accomplish much using a butcher's hook. She knows that the silk worms are responsible and thinks that soon it will be the era of the silk worms.
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
夫
=
二
+
人
:
Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker
夫
=
二
+
人
:
In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.