granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
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少
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氵
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).
a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
坪
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土
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平
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Pocahontas (pi) wants to recreate the plains (坪) of her home in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to build a brand new Indian graveyard. To this end she layers the plain sheet by sheet through roasting dirt (土) in a pan (平) until it is flat (平).
坝
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土
+
贝
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The crab (贝) wants to use the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Beelzebub (b) built a dike (坝) made out of dirt (土) and the crab is unable to overcome the dike.
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
區
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匚
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品
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Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.
区
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乂
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匚
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Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.
区
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乂
+
匚
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Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.