北
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丬
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匕
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A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
极
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及
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木
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As Joan of Arc (ji) and Yuwen Huaji (及) pass over the north pole (及) at Christmas just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) they decide to celebrate this moment by having a little contest. Between them there is a rather large Christmas tree (木) and they decide that whoever climbs to its top (极) first is the winner.
circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to surround / to circle
圈
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卷
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囗
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Cupid (qu) opened a show business (圈) in front of the anthill (an1). It consists of a mysterious wooden box (囗) around which Cupid will lead every interested passer-by in circles (圈), and then into the box. Inside the box Cupid has a lot of hair rollers (卷) with which he will transform the hair of any victim.