一蹴可几

一

yi̅

蹴

cù

可

kě

几

幾

ji̅

to succeed at the first try (idiom) / easy as pie / one can do it at once

Characters and words in 一蹴可几

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.

蹴

cù = cu + Ø4

carefully / to kick / to tread on / to stamp

蹴

蹵

cù = cu + Ø4

variant of 蹴[cu4]

可

kě = k + e3

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

可 = 丁 + 口 : Karl Marx (k) is challenging his abilities (可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He tries to force a nail (丁) into a mandarin (口), just by using his head. On top of that he tries to do so one thousand times, in order to create a bed of nails (mnemonic symbol for 可).

可 = 丁 + 口 : Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.

可

kè = k + e4

used in 可汗[ke4 han2]

几

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

几

幾

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

几