awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
拙
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出
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扌
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Julian Giant Squid (zhu) wants to use the emergency exit (出) in front of the observatory (o1), but it has to be operated using eight toy claws (扌) at the same time. Julian Giant Squid is just too clumsy (拙) to do so and so he is unable to open the emergency exit door.
朴
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卜
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木
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Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.