mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
标
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木
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示
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标 is a part of 标志, the word for "logo", like the one with the famous puma.
Brunhilde (bi) saved herself from a puma (标) by climbing on the Christmas tree (木) in front of the aorta (ao1). She tries to keep the puma form climbing the tree by fending it off with a guidon (示).
砖
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专
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石
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The scientist (专) and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) are standing next to a rock (石) in front of the anthill (an1). They are quietly thinking for a long time, until the scientist has an idea and tells Julian Giant Squid what to do in order to create bricks (砖) out of the rock (石).