to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
戒
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戈
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廾
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Joan of Arc (ji) asked to see the holy ring (戒) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She is allowed to see it, but she has to wear handcuffs (廾) as precaution. Additionally, there is a guard equipped with a spear (戈) standing next to the ring.
廾
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丿
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丨
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一
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Handcuffs. Gitta Giraffe is sitting inside of the engine, her hands tied up with handcuffs. There's a flute as horizontal bar, and attached to either side are a banana and a dinosaur bone, so that she cannot slide off the chain.
appliance / tool / weapon / shackles / also pr. [jie4]
械
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戒
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木
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Marie Curie (xi) finds a turning machine (机械) under a Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). Happily she proceeds to manufacture a ring (戒) for herself.
诫
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戒
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讠
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Joan of Arc (ji) set up an advertising column (讠) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) with the ten commandments (诫) about her holy ring (戒) and to warn (诫) everyone to touch it (which is prohibited (诫)).
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously