to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
拾
=
合
+
扌
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).
to lose / to leave behind / to omit / to bequeath / sth lost / involuntary discharge (of urine etc)
遗
=
贵
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辶
:
Sometimes, just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), Maud Younger (y) woefully thinks of her lost (遗) treasure chest (贵). It was filled to the top with gladiator sandals (辶); but it was too heavy to bring to the space station, so she had to leave it behind.
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
补
=
卜
+
衤
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Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.
deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of
缺
=
夬
+
缶
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Cupid (qu) has almost all pottery pots (缶) of a collection of twelve, but the seventh piece is missing (缺). He asks a crystal ball (夬) I'm front of the elevator (e1): where is the missing piece? The crystal ball replies that he smashed it when he came back totally drunk the night before.