material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
物
=
勿
+
牛
:
Willy Walrus (w) wants to become a physicist (物) and does research about dark matter (物) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His motivation is to become a super villain and rule the world. Just as he is about to have a breakthrough, a huge black ox (牛) flying with the help of bat wings (勿) hits Willy with an oxerang and takes away the dark matter, saving the world.
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
质
=
⺁
+
十
+
贝
:
James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
文
=
乂
+
亠
:
Willy Walrus just entered the encampment. He wants to give his beret to the cloakroom personnel, but it's so dirty that they will only touch it with pliers. Willy Walrus is quite offended by this strange culture.
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
明
=
日
+
月
:
A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
明
=
日
+
月
:
A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"
和
=
口
+
禾
:
Hamlet found a way for world peace: He wants to distribute cereals and mandarins all over the world, starting just inside the elevator's kitchen.
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
精
=
米
+
青
:
Joan of Arc scoops a bit of water from the fountain of youth in front of the engine and pours it into a bowl of rice. The water refines the rice into rice wine, and as Joan of Arc drinks it, she finds her spirit renewed.
神
=
申
+
礻
:
Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.
神
=
申
+
礻
:
Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.