to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
拍
=
扌
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白
:
Pinocchio (p) is spinning a white flag (白) in front of the airplane (ai1). He is throwing and catching the flag with a toy claw (扌). Many people stop to watch and applaud (拍) him.
案
=
安
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木
:
Albert Einstein (Ø) is being accused of being a counter revolutionary capitalist (案). He is restrained to a Christmas tree (木) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) by a safety belt (安) fixed to the tree and to his ankle so that he can't run away. Anyway he uses his time to have a close look at his file (案).
to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means
绝
=
纟
+
色
:
Just inside the elevator's kitchen Zeus and the silk worm are playing a dice game. The game is called "annihilation", and the loser is said to become extinct within 1000 years' time. They don't know yet that both gods and worms will be extinct due to the human race soon.