摩
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手
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麻
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Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a complicated machine which in essence uses many flax fiber (麻) ropes to operate baseball gloves (手) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). The machine is set up so that Mahatma Gandhi has the baseball gloves massage (摩) his back when he pulls the right ropes.
拜
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扌
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王
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一
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Martin Luther King (王) is being forced to worship (拜) Beelzebub (b) in the airplanes bathroom (ai4): Beelzebub is waving threateningly with a toy claw (扌). Martin Luther King also has to play the flute (一) for Beelzebub.
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4]
单
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丷
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田
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十
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In front of the anthill there are many, really a field of crosses because Don Quixote killed so many people on his crusades. Today is his judgement day: a mean crocodile reads the list of his victims to him, and Don Quixote is really 不好意思.
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
车
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七
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十
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).