看熱鬧

看

kàn

热

熱

rè

闹

鬧

nao

to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are

Characters and words in 看熱鬧

看

ka̅n = k + an1

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

看

kàn = k + an4

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

看 = 手 + 目 : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.

热

熱

rè = r + e4

to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

热 = 执 + 灬 : Robinson Crusoe wants to heat himself up in the elevator's bathroom, so he burns his good-for-nothing grilling license on a grill to ignite a sizeable flame.

热

熱

rè

闹

鬧

nao

bustling with noise and excitement / lively

闹

鬧

nào = n + ao4

noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke

闹 = 市 + 门 : Napoleon (n) opened a shop (市) just inside the aorta's entrance (ao4) and it is bustling with noise (闹). His supermarket is so successful because he installed a trap door (门) in the floor above through which new customers keep falling.