软
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欠
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车
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Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
硬
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更
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石
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Maud Younger (y) finds the snake which ate too much (更) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), and it feels miserable. To make the snake feel better Maud massages the snake using two warm stones (石). As Maud massages the snakebshe finds that the snake's belly is really hard (硬).
兼
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秝
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肀
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Mnemonic symbol: a double. Joan of Arc (ji) and her stunt double (兼) are eating two bowls of cereals (秝) while the real Joan of Arc signs autographs with her crayon (肀) in front of the anthill (an1).