to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]
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Zorro (z) has to select (择) his new weapon between two terrible choices (择) in the elevator's kitchen (e2): there is either a boxing glove (又) or a dinosaur bone (丨). He has to select one using a toy claw (扌), but he has to choose wisely: one of the items is hooked to a charged capacitor (二) which will shock Zorro should he take the wrong choice (择).
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Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.