国
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囗
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玉
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Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
to scold / to abuse / to curse / CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
骂
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吅
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马
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The unicorn (马) threw two mandarins (吅) into the toilet of the ashram (a4) and now it is clogged. Mahatma Gandhi (m) has to use the toilet urgently and scolds (骂) the unicorn for not telling him earlier that the toilet is clogged.