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钅
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Zapatista Zebra (zu) is dressing up in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He completes his luxurious outfit with a golden harpoon (钅) and a bejeweled (钻) yellow umbrella (占).
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
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占
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钅
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Zapatista Zebra (zu) is studying intensively (钻) a yellow umbrella (占) in front of the anthill (an1) by drilling (钻) holes into it using a golden harpoon (钅).
钻
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占
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钅
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Zapatista Zebra (zu) is dressing up in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He completes his luxurious outfit with a golden harpoon (钅) and a bejeweled (钻) yellow umbrella (占).
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: a yellow umbrella. James II of England occupies the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses a pennant (⺊) stuck into a mandarin (口) to mark his territory, and stands there proudly with a yellow umbrella (占).
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖