material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
材
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才
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木
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In the airplane, the King of Chu investigates a Christmas tree with his secret X-ray vision super power. He can see that the material the tree is made out of is not timber; instead, he sees that the tree has been 3D printed.
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
质
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⺁
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十
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贝
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James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.