within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
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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
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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 gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
集
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木
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隹
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The eight most important sparrows (隹) in the world hold a very exclusive gatherig just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Joan of Arc (ji) also wants to join, so she pretends to be a sparrow and sits atop the Christmas tree (木) like the other sparrows.
权
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又
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木
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Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
权
=
又
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木
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Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).