to lose / to put aside / to throw

= + : Dorothy Gale plays catch with the cat o' nine tails in front of the outhouse. Dorothy has no ball, but instead throws a fake nose for the cat o' nine tails to catch.

丢 character breakdown

old variant of 某[mou3]
old variant of 私[si1]

Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

= 丿 + : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.

Characters with 丢 as component

thulium (chemistry)

Words with 丢

to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away
to lose / lost
to lose; to misplace
to discard / to abandon
to make an exhibition of oneself / to be a disgrace
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
to lose (face) utterly
(of an official) to lose one's job
lit. to lose one's black hat / to be sacked from an official post
to be distracted
see 失魂落魄[shi1 hun2 luo4 po4]
(computing) packet loss / to lose a packet

Sentences with 丢

tia̅n
tíng
we̅i
yán
bèi
ta̅
diu̅
jìn