三
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一
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二
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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.
迭
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辶
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失
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Dorothy Gale (di) stores all her gladiator sandals (辶) in a lost and found box (失) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She can't decide which ones to wear and so repeatedly (迭) takes out, tries on and puts back in different pairs of sandals.
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle
纪
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己
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纟
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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.