if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Rang4 Zi3 dan4 Fei1]) / (fig.) take things one step at a time
Bruno Bear (bu) was strolling (步) around the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a dinosaur bone (丨) as walking (步) stick in his hands. He disregarded the barrier (止) marking the wild, forbidden area lightheartedly and just jumped over it whistling a joyful tune. But shortly afterwards he made a terrible realization: only five paces (步)away there was a five-paced viper (步) hiding under a petal leaf (丶)! Bruno knew the viper was after him, so he tried to keep it at distance using his dinosaur bone and feeding it bananas (丿) while at the same time slowly backing up to the barrier.
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.
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丶
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Mnemonic symbol: from 太后 [tai4 hou4], the empress dowager. The empress dowager prepares for her reign in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) and has a big robot (大) as well as Tecumseh (t) fan her fresh air with petal leaves (丶).
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The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
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谷
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Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.
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Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.
easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" / abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes
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Mnemonic symbol: a really easy puzzle consisting of only two parts.
Maud Younger (y) and the sun (日) are trying to complete a really easy puzzle (易) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It's not as easy as they thought though, because in zero gravity they can only move with the help of their bat wings (勿).
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止
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).
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Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
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羊
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In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).
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羊
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James II of England (zh) cuddles with the sheep (羊) also on the roof of the aorta (e5), and again the Eye of Providence (目) catches fire (着) out of jealousy as it watches the action in progress(着).
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The Sun King (者) writes his memoirs in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) immediately reads these important (著) documents (著).
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疋
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虫
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Don Quixote (d) is really annoyed by the many mosquitoes (虫) this year. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he discovers many mosquito eggs (蛋) and angrily tramples on them wearing his gumboots (疋) while the mosquito (虫) parents can only helplessly watch.
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虫
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Don Quixote (d) is really annoyed by the many mosquitoes (虫) this year. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he discovers many mosquito eggs (蛋) and angrily tramples on them wearing his gumboots (疋) while the mosquito (虫) parents can only helplessly watch.