叟
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支
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臼
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Socrates (s) is cooking with the old gentleman (叟) in the outhouse (ou3). They use mortars (臼) to process branches (支) which they want to use to cook a soup.
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
支
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十
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又
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Mnemonic symbol: a tree branch. James II of England (zh) has to repair the hull of the space station. His tool is a big cross (十) with one end cushioned with a boxing glove (又), which he is to use as a hammer. As he is floating in front of the space station (Ø1), the only tool to support him is a wooden branch (支) so that he won't float away.
瘦
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叟
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疒
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) and the old gentleman (叟) have been locked into the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) to be in quarantine for the very colorful rash (疒) they developed. Because of their sickness they already lost a lot of body weight and are very thin (瘦).
搜
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叟
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扌
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The old gentleman (叟) wants to enter the outhouse. In front of the outhouse (ou1) he has to undergo a security check, and Socrates (s) searches (搜) his belongings using a toy claw (扌).
艘
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叟
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舟
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Socrates (s) wants to take out the old gentleman (叟) in front of the outhouse (ou1). As a special surprise he picks the old gentleman up with his only one (艘) yellow submarine (舟).
嫂
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叟
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女
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Because Bessie Coleman (s) is married to the old gentleman (叟) she is Socrate's (s) sister-in-law (嫂). They're all meeting in the aorta (ao3) for a family gathering.
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good