麻醉

anesthesia / to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)

Characters and words in 麻醉

麻

蔴

má = m + a2

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.

麻

má = m + a2

surname Ma

麻

má = m + a2

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

醉

zuì = zu + ei4

intoxicated

醉 = 卒 + 酉 : Zapatista Zebra (zu), the rooster (酉) and the soldier (卒) all drank too much (醉). Now, they are standing on top of each other (like the town musicians of Bremen: the rooster on top of the soldier, the soldier on top of the zebra) and puking into the Eiffel Tower's toilet (ei4) in turns.