to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge
趋
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刍
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走
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Cupid (qu) loves to do Nordic walking (走) in front of the space station (Ø1), but today he has to move a lot faster (趋) than usually, otherwise the gardener will catch him with his lawn mower (刍).
严
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亚
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厂
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Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
严
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亚
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厂
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Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
重
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千
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里
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Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.
Chantal Chicken (chu) is working in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Her job is to crush sunflower (里) seeds with a 1 kg weight (千) to get the kernels. Then she has to put the kernels into the cabin of a space elevator (重) to send them to outer space. This repeats (重) again and again day in, day out.
重
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千
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里
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Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.