horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
横
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木
+
黄
:
Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
蛮
=
亦
+
虫
:
The also-ran (亦) arrived very exhausted at the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she accidentally steps on a mosquito (虫). Mahatma Gandhi (m) sees the incident and calls the also-ran a barbarian (蛮).