睜一隻眼閉一隻眼

睁 = 争 + 目 : The eye of providence (目) dressed like the grim reaper (争) and shocked James II of England (zh) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Now James doesn't want to open his eyes (睁) so he doesn't have to see the grim reaper. The eye of providence can't even convince him to open his eyes and look at him to see that it was just a prank.

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.

只

隻

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

眼

yǎn = y + an3

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

眼 = 目 + 艮 : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.

闭

閉

bì = bi + Ø4

to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct

闭 = 才 + 门 : The way out of the space station's bathroom is blocked! Brunhilde shut the door and is unable to open it again. Fortunately, as she uses her secret X-ray super ability, she discovers a secret door in the floor.

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