中杜鹃

(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Characters and words in 中杜鹃

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

中 = 丨 + 口 : 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.

中

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

杜

dù = du + Ø4

surname Du

杜 = 土 + 木 : Doggy Dog (du) finds that there is a Christmas tree (木) growing out of the dirt (土) in the space stations bathroom (Ø4). With a sigh he nips the tree in the bud (杜) and stops (杜) it from growing while it is still small.

杜

dù = du + Ø4

birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict