勤則不匱

勤

qín

则

則

zé

不

bù

匮

匱

kuì

If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)

Characters and words in 勤則不匱

勤

qín = qi + (e)n2

diligent / industrious / hardworking / frequent / regular / constant

勤 = 力 + 堇 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is very busy (勤) creating a fuse box out of violet dirt (堇) for the encampment's main power button (力) in the kitchen ((e)n2).

勤

懃

qín = qi + (e)n2

variant of 勤[qin2] / industrious / solicitous

勤 = 力 + 堇 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is very busy (勤) creating a fuse box out of violet dirt (堇) for the encampment's main power button (力) in the kitchen ((e)n2).

则

則

zé = z + e2

(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items

则 = 刂 + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol: 武则天 (Wu Zetian), the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia. It makes sense because for sure she wrote many official statements, for which 则 is the classifier.

则 = 刂 + 贝 : Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Zorro found a crab. He already has a kitchen knife in his hand and wants to kill and eat the crab, but Wu Zetian quickly writes an official rule that forbids the eating of crabs, much to Zorro's disappointment.

则

則

zé = z + e2

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items

不

bù = bu + Ø4

(negative prefix) / not / no

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.