within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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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.
暑
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日
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者
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Sheldon Shrimp (shu) and Louis XIV (者) escaped the summer heat (暑) into the space station (Ø3) to spend their summer vacation (暑). Unfortunately the sun (日) had the same idea, and now Louis and Sheldon have to endure the heatstrokes (暑) anyway.