to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
联
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关
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耳
:
Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
邦
=
丰
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阝
:
Beelzebub organized a cage battle in front of the anglepod. In a huge luxurious golden cage, the imperator and Liu Bang (刘邦) are fighting for the control over the country, which Beelzebub will grant to the winner—at least he said he will.