永
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丶
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水
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Yu the Great just got the most romantic proposal ever! In engine, somebody prepared a water fountain and had a diamond ring floating on a petal leaf float over to her. Unfortunately Yu the Great doesn't know who the ring is from, as her lover drowned in the water fountain earlier that day.
永
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丶
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水
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Mnemonic symbol: as the advertisements tell us, diamonds are forever. I'll represent 永 with a diamond ring.
眠
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民
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目
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The eye of providence (目) is going to sleep (眠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Marilyn Monroe (mi) tucks it into a copy of the declaration of independence (民).