绳墨

lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations

Characters and words in 绳墨

rope / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is loosing a rope (绳) pulling contest in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) against a silk worm (纟) and a toad (黾).
surname Mo / abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is using his creativity to write a new protester's placard in the observatory's bathroom (o4). he fixed an ink stick (墨) to his head and writes on a blackboard (黑). Later he tries to use dirt (土) to clean his head, but he'll find that it won't work and some dirty words have been tattooed to his forehead (墨).
ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is using his creativity to write a new protester's placard in the observatory's bathroom (o4). he fixed an ink stick (墨) to his head and writes on a blackboard (黑). Later he tries to use dirt (土) to clean his head, but he'll find that it won't work and some dirty words have been tattooed to his forehead (墨).

Words with 绳墨

compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria

Sentences with 绳墨

绳墨 currently does not appear in any sentence.