手抄本

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

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hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

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Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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cha̅o = ch + ao1

to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms

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抄 = 少 + 扌 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) likes the Smiley's (少) happy face and wants to copy (抄) it for his own comedy. He seizes (抄) Smiley in front of the aorta (ao1) and drags him to a photocopier using a toy claw (扌).

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cha̅o

本

běn

handwritten copy

本

běn = b + (e)n3

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

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本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.

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