to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
开
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一
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廾
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A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.
罚
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刂
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罒
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讠
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Frankenstein's Monster (f) is working in the ashram's kitchen (a2). There is a huge advertising column (讠) displaying that if anyone should clean the fishing nets (罒) with a kitchen knife (刂) and accidentally damage the net in the process, he or she has to pay a fine (罚).
单
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丷
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田
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十
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In front of the anthill there are many, really a field of crosses because Don Quixote killed so many people on his crusades. Today is his judgement day: a mean crocodile reads the list of his victims to him, and Don Quixote is really 不好意思.