former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
昔
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井
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Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake
In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.