to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
在
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一
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亻
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土
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Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".
先
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⺧
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儿
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Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.
In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
