采
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The King of Chu (c) decorated the airplane's (ai3) Christmas trees (木) with plectrums (采), now it's time to decorate himself. He selects parts of his beard to shave with an electric razor (爫), then goes on to select some of the leaves to pluck them out and put them in his partly shaved face.
景
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日
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京
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Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".
Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight
景
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Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".
Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.