出师未捷身先死

出
出
师
師
未
未
捷
捷
身
身
先
先
死
死
"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相[Shu3 xiang4] by Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3])

Characters and words in 出师未捷身先死

出
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出 = 屮 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 出 tilted 90 degrees looks like "EE". "EE" is an abbreviation for "emergency exit". In front of the space station (Ø1) Chantal Chicken (chu) plugged her thornbush (屮) into a receptacle (凵), but it short circuited and immediately caught fire. Chantal has no option but to use the emergency exit (出) she came out of to go back into the space station.
出
齣
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
出
出
师
師
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander)
师
師
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
surname Shi
师
師
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
师 = 刂 + 帀 : Sherlock Holmes' teacher shows Sherlock one final trick in front of the space station before his training is complete. The teacher shows Sherlock how to electrify a kitchen knife using a defibrillator.
未
wèi = w + ei4
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
未 = 一 + 木 : Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.
捷
㨗
jié = ji + e2
variant of 捷[jie2] / quick / nimble
捷 = 扌 + 疌 : Joan of Arc (ji) triumphs (捷) over St. Nicholas (疌) by quickly (捷) pulling all the chocolate out of his sack in the elevator's kitchen (e2) with the help of a toy claw (扌).
捷
jié = ji + e2
Czech / Czech Republic / abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4]
捷 = 扌 + 疌 : Joan of Arc (ji) triumphs (捷) over St. Nicholas (疌) by quickly (捷) pulling all the chocolate out of his sack in the elevator's kitchen (e2) with the help of a toy claw (扌).
捷
jié = ji + e2
victory / triumph / quick / nimble / prompt
捷 = 扌 + 疌 : Joan of Arc (ji) triumphs (捷) over St. Nicholas (疌) by quickly (捷) pulling all the chocolate out of his sack in the elevator's kitchen (e2) with the help of a toy claw (扌).
身
she̅n = sh + (e)n1
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
身 = 自 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.
身 = 自 + 丿 : Sherlock Holmes tries on his new bodysuit in front of the encampment. To see himself better in his hand mirror, he uses a banana as a selfie stick.
先
xia̅n = xi + an1
early / prior / former / in advance / first
先 = ⺧ + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
死
sǐ = s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
死 = 匕 + 歹 : Shakespeare is scared to death when suddenly a witch attacks him with her ladle in the space station.

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