嘉
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吉
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茄
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Joan of Arc (ji) received a very important guest (嘉) in front of the ashram (a1), the giant (吉). She made his favorite dish for him: eggplant (茄). The giant tastes the dish and exclaims that it is very excellent (嘉).
嘉
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吉
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茄
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Joan of Arc (ji) received a very important guest (嘉) in front of the ashram (a1), the giant (吉). She made his favorite dish for him: eggplant (茄). The giant tastes the dish and exclaims that it is very excellent (嘉).
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
兴
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小
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一
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八
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I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.
兴
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小
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一
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八
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Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
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也
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土
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Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4]
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
區
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匚
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品
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Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.
区
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乂
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匚
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Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.
区
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乂
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匚
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Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.