brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)

= + : Loki (lü) wants to play a prank on the elevator's visitors. In the bathroom (e4) he plants a field (田) of stars (各) around the toilet. His plan (略) is that the visitors will then have to step on many spiky stars if they want to reach the toilet.
variant of 略[lüe4]

略 character breakdown

each / every

= + : Mnemonic symbol: each and every (各) one of us is made of atoms, of which most were created in a star (from lighter atoms). That's why I choose to represent this character by a star. Guy Fawkes (g) is stepping on a mandarin (口) with high heels (夂) in the bathroom of the elevator (e4). As he squeezes, the mandarin suddenly explodes in a rain of stars (各). Each and every (各) one of them is shining brighter than the others.
surname Tian
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field of crosses (田) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered a wooden box (囗) with crosses (十) inside and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 略 as component

略 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 略

to invade / invasion
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
aggressors / invaders
Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003
see 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lüe4]
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
biographical sketch
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist

Sentences with 略

略 currently does not appear in any sentence.