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
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黄
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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.
正
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一
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止
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Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.
暴
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共
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日
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氺
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Beelzebub (b) is torturing the communist (共) in a very cruel (暴) way in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). The communist set up an aqueduct (氺) to supply the bathroom with water, but Beelzebub has the sun (日) evaporate the water before it arrives at the end of the aqueduct.
暴
=
共
+
日
+
氺
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Beelzebub (b) is torturing the communist (共) in a very cruel (暴) way in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). The communist set up an aqueduct (氺) to supply the bathroom with water, but Beelzebub has the sun (日) evaporate the water before it arrives at the end of the aqueduct.