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.
环
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不
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王
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Helga Horse and Martin Luther King desperately want to play with the hula hoop loops hanging around just inside the anthill's kitchen, but there's a big forbidden sign clearly saying that they are not to play with the hula hoop loops.
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
环
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王
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Helga Horse and Martin Luther King desperately want to play with the hula hoop loops hanging around just inside the anthill's kitchen, but there's a big forbidden sign clearly saying that they are not to play with the hula hoop loops.