单
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丷
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田
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十
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In front of the anthill there are many, really a field of crosses because Don Quixote killed so many people on his crusades. Today is his judgement day: a mean crocodile reads the list of his victims to him, and Don Quixote is really 不好意思.
镜
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竟
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钅
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Joan of Arc (ji) asks the mirror (镜) inside of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) what her fate will be. The mirror shows her a Jack in the box (竟) stabbing her with a golden harpoon (钅). Joan of Arc instantly realizes that this is an omen telling her to beware of the king of England.
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).
光
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小
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兀
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Gitta Giraffe is giving a big concert in front of the anglepod. She set up a lot of laser pointers for the light show, the audience is throwing daisies up to her and she is just rocking her 胡兀尔.
相
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木
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目
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Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
机
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几
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木
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Joan of Arc (ji) made a machine (机) that fully automatically manufactures tables (几) out of Christmas trees (木) and tests it in front of the space station (Ø1).