置信

置

zhì

信

xìn

to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc)

Characters and words in 置信

置

zhì = zh + Ø4

to install / to place / to put / to buy

置 = 直 + 罒 : James II of England (zh) decided to go straight edge (直) and installs (置) his new seat (置) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He's going to use a fishing net (罒) as a kind of spartan, straight-edge hammock.

信

xìn = xi + (e)n4

letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

信 = 亻 + 言 : Marie Curie and Rosa Luxemburg are reading a letter of Karl Marx to the public in the encampment's bathroom. To make the message really come across to the people they use a megaphone.