觥籌交錯

觥
觥
筹
籌
交
交
错
錯
wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party

Characters and words in 觥籌交錯

觥
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
big / cup made of horn / horn wine container
筹
籌
chóu = ch + ou2
chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means
筹 = ⺮ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.
筹
籌
chóu = ch + ou2
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
交
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]
交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.
交
交
错
錯
to crisscross / to intertwine
错
錯
cuò = cu + o4
surname Cuo
错
錯
cuò = cu + o4
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
错 = 昔 + 钅 : Kitty Cat just finished polishing her golden harpoon in the observatory's bathroom, but afterwards she made the terrible mistake of dropping her milkshake on it. Now she'll have to polish it all over again.

Words with 觥籌交錯

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Sentences with 觥籌交錯

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