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 separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
隔
=
阝
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鬲
:
The pope (阝) and Guy Fawkes (g) are heating hotpot from an iron cauldron (鬲) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). Since Guy Fawkes likes to eat hot and spicy but the pope only eats light food, they separated (隔) the hotpot accordingly.