连
=
车
+
辶
:
Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.
连
=
车
+
辶
:
Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
车
=
七
+
十
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
链
=
连
+
钅
:
Li Qingzhao (li) has been kidnapped and chained down (连) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Luckily she has a tiny golden harpoon (钅) as a necklace (链) around her neck which she is able to pick up with her mouth, and with which she is able to pick the lock.
莲
=
艹
+
连
:
Li Qingzhao (li) wants to add lotus (莲) to the anthill's menu, so she sets up a big water tank in the kitchen (an2). In the tank she fixes sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to the bottom of the tank using chains (连) to act as scaffold for the new lotus (莲) plants.
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)