name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
名
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口
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夕
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Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).
Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.
The apocalypse has come, and archangel Gabriel (列) came down from heaven with his list (列) of people who are accepted. In the elevator's bathroom (e4) he tells Li Qingzhao (li) that she's on his list, and he tells the wicked witch (歹) that she's not. The wicked witch freaks out and takes Li Qingzhao as her hostage holding a kitchen knife (刂) to Qingzhao's throat.