to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
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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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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.
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]
黎
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禾
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Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.
黎
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勿
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氽
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禾
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Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.