Mandarinbanana

Karl (name)

kǎ = k + a3

to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette

卡 = 上 + 卜 : Protesting against capitalism in the ashram (a3), Karl Marx (k) attaches everyone's credit cards (卡) to balloons (上) to send them up (上) and away. He uses a voodoo staff (卜) to summon winds to carry the balloons away.

卡

qiǎ = qi + a3

to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]

尔

尒

ěr = Ø + Ø3

variant of 爾|尔[er3]

尔

爾

ěr = Ø + Ø3

thus / so / like that / you / thou

尔 = ⺈ + 小 : Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.

用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

他

ta̅ = t + a1

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

他 = 也 + 亻 : Tecumseh (t) was discovered when Rosa Luxemburg (亻) excavated (也) him (他) in front of the ashram (a1).

的

di̅ = di + Ø1

see 的士[di1 shi4]

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

的

de = d + e5

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

的 = 勺 + 白 : Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).

的

dì = di + Ø4

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

剑

劍

jiàn = ji + an4

double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

剑 = 佥 + 刂 : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

剑

劒

jiàn = ji + an4

variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

剑 = 佥 + 刂 : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

怪

guài

物

wu

monster / freak / eccentric person

怪

guài = gu + ai4

bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather

怪 = 圣 + 忄 : Gitta Giraffe meets Father Christmas in the airplane's bathroom. She finds it rather bewildering that instead of a sack full of presents he holds a big flail. He also looks kind of grumpy, almost like a big monster.

怪

恠

guài = gu + ai4

variant of 怪[guai4]

怪 = 圣 + 忄 : Gitta Giraffe meets Father Christmas in the airplane's bathroom. She finds it rather bewildering that instead of a sack full of presents he holds a big flail. He also looks kind of grumpy, almost like a big monster.

物

wù = w + Ø4

thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理

物 = 勿 + 牛 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to become a physicist (物) and does research about dark matter (物) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His motivation is to become a super villain and rule the world. Just as he is about to have a breakthrough, a huge black ox (牛) flying with the help of bat wings (勿) hits Willy with an oxerang and takes away the dark matter, saving the world.

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