一举手一投足

一
一
举
舉
手
手
一
一
投
投
足
足
every little move / every single movement

Characters and words in 一举手一投足

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.
一
一
举
舉
a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
举
擧
jǔ = ju + Ø3
variant of 舉|举[ju3]
举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.
举
舉
jǔ = ju + Ø3
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.
举
舉
手
手
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
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).
投
tóu = t + ou2
to cast / to send / to throw oneself (into the river etc) / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of
投 = 扌 + 殳 : Tecumseh (t) is exerting an ancient sport of his tribe in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He is hurling (投) a halberd (殳) as far as he can using a toy claw (扌).
足
jù = ju + Ø4
excessive
足
zú = zu + Ø2
foot / to be sufficient / ample
足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

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