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.
乡
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幺
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丿
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Marie Curie's tractor got stuck in a pile of bananas in front of the anglepod, with the wheels spinning helplessly. Her last hope is that she'll be able to free the tractor by pushing aces under the wheels, so that she can bring the tractor back to her hometown.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
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也
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土
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Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4]
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
區
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匚
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品
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Cupid receives a metal box in front of the space station. He opens it and finds a road sign with a pyramid on it. Clever as he is, he derives that it must have been sent to him from the region of Egypt.
区
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乂
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匚
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Mnemonic symbol: An alien from Area 51.
区
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乂
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匚
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Cupid is chilling in front of the space station, when an alien from Area 51 flies by and gives him a metal box. Unfortunately, even using pliers, Cupid is too weak to open it.