to execute (a plan) / to grasp

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 执照, "license". James II of England (zh) is being held up at the security check in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). They hold a bag of painkillers (丸) they found with a toy claw (扌) in front of him and they ask him to show his drug license (执).

執 character breakdown

ball / pellet / pill

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of painkillers.

Willy Walrus feels like floating on cloud nine after he took too many painkillers. Floating on cloud nine just inside the anthill's kitchen he covers himself with a large petal leaf and just wants to sleep.
trusted / intimate / (of the emperor) to visit / variant of 幸[xing4]

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
surname Xing

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
fortunate / lucky

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

Characters with 執 as component

pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) built an air cushion (垫) vehicle out of dirt (土) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and happily rides it in circles, until a police officer appears and asks for her license (执).
surname Zhi
sincere

= + : James II of England (zh) is a sincere (挚) baseball fan and wants to take his hobby to the next level, so he gets a very expensive, officially licensed (执) baseball glove (手). The license (执) is still attached to the glove (手) as he tries it on for the first time in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
to hibernate
gifts to superiors
fierce / brutal / bird of prey
to connect / to tie up
heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding

Words with 執

obstinate / stubborn / to fixate on / to cling to
prejudice / bigotry
to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
to direct (a film, play etc)
receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
obsession / CL:股[gu3] / (when followed by 於|于[yu2]) to be obsessive (about)
executable (computing)
each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon

Sentences with 執

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