mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
准
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冫
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隹
:
Julian Giant Squid is just about to eat a popsicle inside of the encampment, but in the last moment a sparrow snatches the popsicle away and shouts that it is forbidden to eat inside of the encampment.
状
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丬
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犬
:
Julian Giant Squid plays fetch with the St Bernard in the anglepod's bathroom, but just as he throws a piece of wood it disintegrates into a cloud of sawdust. The St Bernard dog is very annoyed and accuses Julian Giant Squid of having it done on purpose to tease him.
态
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太
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心
:
The empress dowager (太) asks Tecumseh (t) about his attitude (态) towards her in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Tecumseh isn't sure himself and samples his hearts (心) on a scale from 1 to 10 with one bin per integer. After N is large enough, he sees that his attitude forms a Gaussian distribution (态) with a mean of 6.