namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
即
=
卩
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艮
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Just inside the entrance to the space station, Joan of Arc babysits the baby seal. Joan of Arc blows big bubbles of chewing gum, and to one of them she attached a controller. With the controller the baby seal can control in which direction the bubble floats, which it does promptly.
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
兴
=
⺍
+
一
+
八
:
Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star. Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).
发
=
山
+
又
:
Frankenstein wants to eat lunch in the ashram's bathroom, but wearing boxing gloves, he's unable to unwind that one long, red hair from his forks.
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
挥
=
军
+
扌
:
The general (军) ordered one thousand weapons from Helga Horse (hu), but as he receives them in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) he realizes that he ordered 1000 toy claws (扌). As he throws (挥) his money at her he scatters (挥) a lot of tears in despair.