獨樹一幟

独

獨

dú

树

樹

shù

一

yi̅

帜

幟

zhì

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own

Characters and words in 獨樹一幟

独

獨

dú = du + Ø2

alone / independent / single / sole / only

独 = 犭 + 虫 : Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).

树

樹

shù = shu + Ø4

tree / CL:棵[ke1] / to cultivate / to set up

树 = 对 + 木 : Sheldon Shrimp cultivates a Christmas tree in the space station's bathroom. He is very happy that he found the right tree, just the one he imagined, and—in his mind—marks of the tree he imagined with a big green check mark.

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

帜

幟

zhì = zh + Ø4

flag

帜 = 只 + 巾 : James II of England (zh) is flying his banner (帜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It is a towel (巾) with the image of a cuttlefish (只) printed on it.

Words with 獨樹一幟

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Sentences with 獨樹一幟

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