氵
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⺀
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㇀
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Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
荡
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艹
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汤
:
Don Quixote (d) messed up his artificial lawn (艹) with soup (汤) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). After washing (荡) and shaking (荡) the lawn he checks with an oscilloscope (荡) to see if there are still soup particles left on the lawn.
荡
=
艹
+
汤
:
Don Quixote (d) messed up his artificial lawn (艹) with soup (汤) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). After washing (荡) and shaking (荡) the lawn he checks with an oscilloscope (荡) to see if there are still soup particles left on the lawn.
烫
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汤
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火
:
Tecumseh (t) is cooking a soup (汤) on an open fire (火) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). To give the soup a special flavor for a minute he blanches (烫) a flat iron (烫) in the soup.
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")