to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech
求
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永
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Mnemonic symbol: a service request bell. You know, the kind you find in a hotel on a service counter.
求
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永
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In the outhouse's kitchen, the Queen of Hearts sees a diamond ring and wants to have it immediately. Determined she rings the service bell endlessly to request the immediate handover.
田
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囗
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十
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Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.
舍
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人
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舌
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Mnemonic symbol: a pawn who is abandoned to save the king.
Neanderthal Man (人) is so hungry that he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue (舌) and is about to devour Sherlock Holmes (sh) in the elevator (e3), but Sherlock Holmes acts quickly enough to throw a pawn (舍) onto Neanderthal Man's tongue so that he munches the pawn instead.