horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
横
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木
+
黄
:
Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
剖
=
刂
+
咅
:
Pinochhio (p) wants to find out when he will turn into a true human. To this end, in front of the outhouse (ou1) he cuts open (剖) his latest poo-poo (咅) with a kitchen knife (刂) to analyze (剖) its composition.
面
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丆
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囬
:
Mnemonic symbol: a spray flask with one of these liquids which make a surface super slippery.
In the anthill's bathroom (an4), Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to set up a wind wheel (丆) on top of a closet (囬). Just as she tries to fix it she slips and falls down, the wind wheel crashing on the floor. She didn't notice that somebody used a can of non-stick coating (面) on the closet's surfaces (面).