within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
=
丨
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口
:
Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
tin (chemistry) / to bestow / to confer / to grant / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
锡
=
易
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钅
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Marie Curie (xi) wants to unpack her new puzzle (易) in front of the space station (Ø1). It should be very simple (易) to unpack because it is merely wrapped in tin foil (锡), but Marie just can't manage to unpack the puzzle. In the end she has to use a golden harpoon (钅) to tear the tin foil apart.