few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
少
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丿
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小
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Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.
There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见
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⺆
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儿
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Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldy
