铁打的衙门，流水的官

铁 = 失 + 钅 : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).

铁

鐵

tiě = ti + e3

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

铁

鐵

tiě

打

dǎ

made of iron / strong as iron

打

dá = d + a2

dozen (loanword)

打

dǎ = d + a3

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.

打

dǎ

的

di̅

(coll.) to take a taxi / to go by taxi

的

di̅ = di + Ø1

see 的士[di1 shi4]

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

的

dì = di + Ø4

aim / clear

的

de = d + e5

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

的 = 勺 + 白 : Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).

的

dì = di + Ø4

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

衙

yá = y + a2

surname Ya

衙

yá = y + a2

office / yamen 衙門|衙门

衙

yá

门

門

men

government office in feudal China / yamen

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

surname Men

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

流

liú = li + ou2

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

流 = 㐬 + 氵 : In the outhouse's kitchen Li Qingzhao is rinsing her large bowl (which is decorated with pennants and pendants). She uses a bottle of water to rinse it. She rinses it very thoroughly so that a lot of water flows over.

流

liú

水

shuǐ

running water / (business) turnover

水

shuǐ = shu + ei3

surname Shui

水

shuǐ = shu + ei3

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

水 = ㇇ + 亅 + 丿 + ㇏ : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.

官

gua̅n = gu + an1

surname Guan

官

gua̅n = gu + an1

government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

官 = 㠯 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: to symbolize the bureaucracy involved in every governmental system I'll use a folder.

官 = 㠯 + 宀 : Gitta Giraffe just graduated from anthill, and standing in front of it, still wearing her graduation cap, she's ready to assume her post as government official. She already has a folder under each arm and is wearing big safety glasses (be safe at work!).

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