contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
反
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⺁
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又
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A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
英
=
艹
+
央
:
Mnemonic symbol: a hero. An evil villain has been terrorizing the UK (英), so Maud Younger (y) and the hero (英) want to stop him. They know that he will visit engine later that day, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) they prepare artificial lawn (艹) by adding a CPU (央) to each sheet. This way, each sheet acts as intelligent automated trap which will grab the villain once he steps on the sheet.
英
=
艹
+
央
:
Mnemonic symbol: a hero. An evil villain has been terrorizing the UK (英), so Maud Younger (y) and the hero (英) want to stop him. They know that he will visit engine later that day, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) they prepare artificial lawn (艹) by adding a CPU (央) to each sheet. This way, each sheet acts as intelligent automated trap which will grab the villain once he steps on the sheet.
雄
=
𠂇
+
厶
+
隹
:
Xu Xian (xu) is on a trip and thinks that he is the greatest one (雄) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He thinks so until a small sparrow (隹) flies by and cuts off his fake nose (厶) using a pair of scissors (𠂇).