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Frankenstein's monster inspects a suspicious house just inside the anglepod's kitchen. It's a gingerbread house, and the owner seems to be very interested in the weather: On top of it there is a square frame with a wooden swinging door attached to it, which seems to be a wind measurement apparatus.
house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines)
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Frankenstein's monster inspects a suspicious house just inside the anglepod's kitchen. It's a gingerbread house, and the owner seems to be very interested in the weather: On top of it there is a square frame with a wooden swinging door attached to it, which seems to be a wind measurement apparatus.
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
产
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Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt?
In anthill, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
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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 introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor
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Mnemonic symbol: 介 looks like a rocket 🚀. Neanderthal Man (人) and Joan of Arc (ji) are preparing a rocket (介) for its start. Between (介) the layers of the outer shell (介) they are stuffing bananas (丿) and dinosaur bones (丨).