strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields

= + : A snake who ate an elephant (更) found Guy Fawkes (g) hideout in the engine ((e)ng3). To catch her Guy Fawkes quickly piles up earth (土) to create a strip of high ground (埂) around the snake which it cannot pass because it just ate an elephant.

埂 character breakdown

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
more / even more / further / still / still more

= + : 人心不足,蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

= + : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.

Characters with 埂 as component

埂 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 埂

embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields

Sentences with 埂

埂 currently does not appear in any sentence.