新
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亲
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斤
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Xi Shi (xi) and her bride (亲) are inspecting their wedding presents in front of the encampment ((e)n1). There's a brand new (新) pair of barbells (斤) packed in plastic foil.
古
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十
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.
Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.
典
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八
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曲
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Mnemonic symbol: a head cannon. Dorothy Gale (di) is playing the harp (曲) inside the anthill's living room (an3) while shooting an eight ball (八) from her head cannon (典).