can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
可
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丁
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口
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Karl Marx (k) is challenging his abilities (可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He tries to force a nail (丁) into a mandarin (口), just by using his head. On top of that he tries to do so one thousand times, in order to create a bed of nails (mnemonic symbol for 可).
可
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丁
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口
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Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
让
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上
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讠
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Robinson Crusoe badly needs to use anglepod's bathroom, but currently it's under renovation. On the toilet seats there's a sign saying "上" and pointing to an advertising column, so Robinson thinks that they just want him to sit on top of the advertising column, and indeed there's a hole at the top of the column.
certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / variant of 症[zheng4]
证
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正
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讠
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James II of England (zh) is not allowed to stay any longer in the engine, so in the bathroom ((e)ng4) he forges a visa (证) so he can stay. On an advertising column (讠) he scribbles his fake visa, but (like me) he sucks at drawing, so he is only able to draw a stick figure (正) where his photo should go.
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
券
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关
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刀
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Cupid (qu) and the angel (关) found a special bond (券) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). They divide it using a cleaver (刀) and each of them gets one half of the document (券).
券
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关
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刀
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Cupid (qu) and the angel (关) found a special bond (券) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). They divide it using a cleaver (刀) and each of them gets one half of the document (券).