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.
洲
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州
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氵
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James II of England (zh) traveled to a new continent (洲), founded a new nation, and built a replica of the outhouse which looks exactly like the original one. To celebrate his achievements he planted a red cotton tree (州) in front of the replica outhouse (ou1). Every day, he waters it with a bottle of water (氵) to commemorate the old continent.