to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need
消
=
氵
+
肖
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In front of the aorta, Marie Curie tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.
to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown
灭
=
一
+
火
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In the elevator's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭).