再生資源

再

zài

生

she̅ng

资

資

zi̅

源

yuán

renewable resource

Characters and words in 再生資源

再

zài = z + ai4

again; once more; re- / second; another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)

再 = 一 + 冉 : Zorro finally received the flute he was waiting for so long in the airplane's bathroom. He is so moved that he cries 再见 again and again and waves the mail snail goodbye with a handkerchief.

再

zài

生

she̅ng

to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration

生

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

资

資

zi̅ = z + Ø1

resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense

资 = 次 + 贝 : Zorro (z) has become a real capitalist (资). In front of the space station (Ø1) he locked a crab (贝) into a cube (次). Whenever he throws organic waste into the cube, the crab is so furious that it cuts the carbage to really small pieces and throws it out. Zorro then collects the cut garbage and sells it as organic fertilizer.

资

資

zi̅

源

yuán

Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林[Gui4 lin2], Guangxi

资

資

zi̅

源

yuán

natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)

源

yuán = yu + an2

root / source / origin

源 = 原 + 氵 : The origin (源) of the H bomb can be traced back to when Yu the Great (yu) once forgot a lot of water bottles (氵) next to her A bomb (原) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and accidentally detonated the bomb.