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).
贪
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今
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贝
:
The crab (贝) is so greedy (贪) that it rented out its shell to Tecumseh (t) to live in in front of the anthill (an1). It can't wait for the first day of the month to appear on its rip-off calendar (今) so that it can go to collect the rent.
污
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亏
+
氵
:
It looks like a dumping ground in front of the space station (Ø1). Willy Walrus (w) and the lucky leprechaun (亏) decided to get rid of the pollution (污) and start collecting all the empty water bottles (氵) floating around.
污
=
亏
+
氵
:
It looks like a dumping ground in front of the space station (Ø1). Willy Walrus (w) and the lucky leprechaun (亏) decided to get rid of the pollution (污) and start collecting all the empty water bottles (氵) floating around.