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
:
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.
纹
=
文
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纟
:
Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.