prop / support (for weight) / rest (e.g. arm rest) / thanks to / to hold in one's hand / to support in one's palm / to give / to base / to commit / to set / torr (unit of pressure)
托
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乇
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扌
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Tommy Turtle has been entrusted with caring for a blade of grass. In front of the observatory he's very careful that nothing comes into contact with the blade and so holds it up using a toy claw.
to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee
托
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乇
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扌
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Tommy Turtle has been entrusted with caring for a blade of grass. In front of the observatory he's very careful that nothing comes into contact with the blade and so holds it up using a toy claw.
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
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土
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田
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Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
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.
Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).