Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor
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Mnemonic symbol: 介 looks like a rocket 🚀. Neanderthal Man (人) and Joan of Arc (ji) are preparing a rocket (介) for its start. Between (介) the layers of the outer shell (介) they are stuffing bananas (丿) and dinosaur bones (丨).
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
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Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
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Tommy Turtle is very romantic and proposes to the sparrow in front of the Eiffel Tower. He holds the little box with the ring up to the sparrow with a toy claw, but sadly, the sparrow refuses and rejects to take it.