小
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八
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亅
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Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.
Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).
苏
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办
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艹
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Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.
苏
=
办
+
艹
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
打
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丁
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扌
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Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.