Mandarinbanana

to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc)

class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

等 = ⺮ + 寺 : Inside of the engine, Don Quixote is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine. He brought a bamboo stick as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time.

到

dào = d + ao4

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

到 = 刂 + 至 : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.

到

dào = d + ao4

to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

蟠

pán

桃

táo

flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母

蟠

pán = p + an2

to coil

桃

táo = t + ao2

peach

桃 = 兆 + 木 : A few vultures (兆) cast an eye at Tecumseh's (t) Christmas tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To keep the vultures at bay Tecumseh throws peaches (桃) at them.

盛

shèng

会

會

huì

pageant / distinguished meeting

盛

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

surname Sheng

盛 = 成 + 皿 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) put a few magic seeds into a shallow bowl (皿) and waits for them to flourish (盛) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He anxiously awaits for the flowering to finish, but the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成).

盛

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil

盛

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

flourishing / vigorous / magnificent / extensively

盛 = 成 + 皿 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) put a few magic seeds into a shallow bowl (皿) and waits for them to flourish (盛) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He anxiously awaits for the flowering to finish, but the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成).

会

會

huì = hu + ei4

can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

会 = 云 + 人 : Helga horse is almost fainting when she enters the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. Neanderthal man is giving off an extraordinarily smelly cloud. She didn't even think that this was possible at all.

会

會

kuài = ku + ai4

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting

会

會

kuài = ku + ai4

to balance an account / accounting / accountant

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