to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
串
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丨
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吕
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Chantal Chicken (chu) opened a secret popup store in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She prepared lots of skewers (串) using mandarins (吕) and dinosaur bones (丨). After she finishes the last one, she lets everyone know by playing a pitch pipe (吕).
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关
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耳
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Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).