front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
前
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䒑
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刖
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The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) / see also 五刑[wu3 xing2]
刖
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月
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刂
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The moon (月) was spying on the Yu the Great (yu) in the space station's bathroom (e4). As a punishment, Yu the Great is going to amputate his feet (刖) with a kitchen knife (刂).
止
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⺊
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丨
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一
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Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.