contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
反
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⺁
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又
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A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
唇
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口
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辰
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Chantal Chicken (chu) celebrates her birthday in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) with a birthday cake (辰) made of mandarins (口). As she eats the cake her whole lips (唇) get orange (口) with cake.
唇
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口
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辰
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Chantal Chicken (chu) celebrates her birthday in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) with a birthday cake (辰) made of mandarins (口). As she eats the cake her whole lips (唇) get orange (口) with cake.
相
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木
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目
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Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).
讥
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几
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讠
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Joan of Arc (ji) is sneering (讥) at an advertising column (讠) displaying a coffee table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) because the advertising column is floating upside down.