pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify
核
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亥
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木
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Hamlet (h) is unpacking the presents he found under the Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He found lots of walnuts (核), but he doesn't know whether there are kernels or stones (核) inside. Fortunately he also unpacked a boar (亥) which sniffs at the walnuts and, after the careful examination (核), tells Hamlet what's inside.
核
=
亥
+
木
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Hamlet (h) is unpacking the presents he found under the Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He found lots of walnuts (核), but he doesn't know whether there are kernels or stones (核) inside. Fortunately he also unpacked a boar (亥) which sniffs at the walnuts and, after the careful examination (核), tells Hamlet what's inside.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
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也
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土
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Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
雷
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田
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雨
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Sir Lancelot (l) has to clear a mine (雷) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) in the rain (雨). It is raining so hard, when Lancelot hears the thunder (雷) he doesn't know if it's the weather or a mine he triggered.
雷
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田
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雨
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Sir Lancelot (l) has to clear a mine (雷) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) in the rain (雨). It is raining so hard, when Lancelot hears the thunder (雷) he doesn't know if it's the weather or a mine he triggered.
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)