a mirror, contemplating itself. To prevent confusion with 自 oneself, we’ll call this element snake. Doesn’t it look like a snake raising its head to strike? Many cultures also use the snake as a metaphor for the dark, hidden parts of the self, like jealousy and revenge.
you say so I can remind myself later. My pen ran out of ink, so to record what the teacher was saying, I grabbed a snake and squeezed out its venom to write down the teacher’s words.
on top, its shell, and its tail poking out. Or remember: A turtle is a very long-lived animal, so unless it gets bound up in a chain or caught on a hook, it will live to see many days. We will also use the bottom half of turtle as an element, keeping the same meaning.
experiments with electricity, Benjamin Franklin went out in a rainstorm to try to capture lightning with a turtle on a string, instead of a kite. That was a mistake.
pig. If you can’t see it, you may wish to remember: One ham bound up in plastic costs two times less than (<) a real pig. As an element, it is sometimes abbreviated with the last two strokes omitted. We will call this shorter form piglet.
the Three Little Pigs? There was a straw house, a wooden house, and a brick house, and each roof houses a pig. He never cleans his house—it looks more like a pigsty.
excited to be on location filming a movie, but then I had to spend all day playing with piglets and getting covered in dirt. Next time I’ll ask about the location before I take an acting movie role.
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