lotus

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to add lotus (莲) to the anthill's menu, so she sets up a big water tank in the kitchen (an2). In the tank she fixes sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to the bottom of the tank using chains (连) to act as scaffold for the new lotus (莲) plants.

莲 character breakdown

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.
surname Lian

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.

= + : Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.
to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.

= + : Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.

Characters with 莲 as component

莲 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 莲

durian fruit / Durio zibethinus
white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
garden nasturtium / Tropaeolum majus
Lotus (department store chain)
see 曼荷蓮學院|曼荷莲学院[Man4 he2 lian2 Xue2 yuan4]
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
Sandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with
durian fruit / also written 榴槤果|榴梿果
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong

Sentences with 莲

莲 currently does not appear in any sentence.