within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
=
丨
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
央
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⺆
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大
:
Mnemonic symbol: 中央处理机, central processing unit (CPU).
In front of the anglepod, Maud Younger received her new robot. Soon she is not satisfied with his artificial intelligence; to increase it, she staples a CPU to the center of its chest, although the robot begs her not to do so.
to plan a project / to stand on tiptoe / Taiwan pr. [qi4] / abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3 ye4]
企
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人
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止
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) and Neanderthal Man (人) plan (企) to open a business (企) inside of the space station (Ø3). Their plan is to produce barriers (止) and send them down to earth.
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
I can't help but see a bullfrog in 业. Maud Younger finds that the climate in the elevator's bathroom are perfect for her new business: growing bullfrogs.