二
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一
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Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of
搞
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扌
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高
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Guy Fawkes (g) set up (搞) a skyscraper (高) inside the aorta (ao3). He uses it to work out: he regularly climbs it using only two toy claws (扌).
to piece together / to join together / to stake all / adventurous / at the risk of one's life / to spell
拼
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并
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扌
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Pocahontas (pi) has unbearable tooth ache, so at the risk of her life (拼) she stakes all (拼) and tries to amalgamate (并) the holes in her teeth with the help of a toy claw (扌) in front of the encampment ((e)n1).
to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)
扮
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分
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扌
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Beelzebub (b) is busy torturing souls in the anthill's bathroom (an4). His victims have to dress up (扮) as their parents, and they have only one minute time, as Beelzebub is stopping the time with a stopwatch (分). Additionally, he is beating them and pulling at their clothes with a toy claw (扌).
扰
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尤
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扌
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Robinson Crusoe (r) is just about to receive a medal (尤) for his life achievements in the aorta (ao3), but there is someone constantly disturbing (扰) him by bugging him with a toy claw (扌).
挡
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当
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扌
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An angry pitbull (当) attacks Don Quixote (d) in the anglepod (ang3), but Don Quixote resists (挡) with a toy claw (扌). The pitbull bites into the toy claw fiercely, but the toy claw is able to resist (挡) his bite.
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
挡
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当
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扌
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An angry pitbull (当) attacks Don Quixote (d) in the anglepod (ang3), but Don Quixote resists (挡) with a toy claw (扌). The pitbull bites into the toy claw fiercely, but the toy claw is able to resist (挡) his bite.
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
挤
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扌
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齐
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Joan of Arc (ji) is busy packing the stuff she'll need for the demonstration she's going to. In the space station (Ø3) she is cramming (挤) a gong and a drum (齐) into her suitcase with a toy claw (扌). She's going to make a lot of noise at the demonstration!
to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia
控
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扌
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空
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Karl Koala (ku) cannot find the air conditioner's (空) remote control (控) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4; he's sitting on it). He doesn't want to get up from the sofa either, so he switches the aircon on using a long toy claw (扌).
to hold / to embrace / to wrap around / to gather around (sb) / to throng / to swarm / to support / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
拥
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扌
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用
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Yu the Great (yu) cut her finger in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and panicked she grabs the next first aid container (用). With the help of a toy claw (扌) she wraps (拥) her whole body in aseptic gauze.
to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident
撞
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扌
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童
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The golden boy (童) is trying to hit (撞) Julian Giant Squid (zhu) with a toy claw (扌) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but he has no chance against his many tentacles and many toy claws.
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
拆
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扌
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斥
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) tries to tear down (拆) the salt marshes (斥) in front of the airplane (ai1) with a toy claw (扌), but it is really tedious to grab every salt crystal and every drop of water individually.
to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help
扶
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夫
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扌
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A new construction worker (夫) just arrived at the space station. Since he is not used to the station's movements yet, Frieda Fox (fu) supports him with her hand (扶) just inside the entrance (Ø2). The construction worker also supports himself using a toy claw (扌).