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.
to sew / to stitch together / to combine / to link / to connect / to put words together / to compose / to embellish
缀
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叕
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纟
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The silk worm (纟) wanted to get a different cocoon this time, so Julian Giant Squid (zhu) helps him to stitch together (缀) a cocoon made out of tiny mattresses (叕). After the silk worm entered the cocoon the Julian Giant Squid hangs it up in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).