甩手掌櫃

甩
甩
手
手
掌
掌
柜
櫃
lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself

Characters and words in 甩手掌櫃

甩
shuǎi = shu + ai3
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)
甩 = 乚 + 月 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) quits the moon (月) in the airplane (ai3). He puts the moon on a shovel (乚) and flicks (甩) him away.
甩
手
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
手
shǒu = sh + ou3
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
手
掌
palm
掌
zhǎng = zh + ang3
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
掌 = 尚 + 手 : Inside the anglepod (ang3), James II of England (zh) and the Buddhist monk (尚) play catch using two baseball gloves (手) and a horseshoe (掌).
掌
掌
柜
櫃
shopkeeper
柜
櫃
guì = gu + ei4
cupboard / cabinet / wardrobe
柜 = 巨 + 木 : The Leshan Giant Buddha (巨) got a new job in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He is selling Christmas trees (木) to customers over a counter (柜). Right now he is giving one to Gitta Giraffe (gu). Because he is so gigantic, he has to be very careful while picking up the tree using his thumb and index finger.

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