卷土重來

卷
卷
土
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重
重
来
來
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback

Characters and words in 卷土重來

卷
juǎn = ju + an3
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
卷 = 关 + 㔾 : Zeus (ju) is applying hair rollers (卷) to the navy seal's (㔾) hair in the anthill (an3) using a modern machine. Suddenly he looses control of the machine which goes mad, and it threatens to devour all of the seal's hair. As the navy seal is already half-bald, he manages to push the off-button (关) of the machine.
卷
juàn = ju + an4
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
卷 = 关 + 㔾 : Zeus (ju) is about to take his final hair dresser exam. In the anthill's bathroom (an4) he reads up on how to use a hair roller (卷) machine in a thick hair dresser's volume (卷), especially on how to use the off button (关). He had a dream last night about a navy seal (㔾), but he can't quite remember what it was about.
卷
捲
juǎn = ju + an3
to roll (up) / to sweep up / to carry on / roll
卷 = 关 + 㔾 : Zeus (ju) is applying hair rollers (卷) to the navy seal's (㔾) hair in the anthill (an3) using a modern machine. Suddenly he looses control of the machine which goes mad, and it threatens to devour all of the seal's hair. As the navy seal is already half-bald, he manages to push the off-button (关) of the machine.
卷
捲
juǎn = ju + an3
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
土
tǔ = tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
土
tǔ = tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
重
chóng = chu + (e)ng2
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
重 = 千 + 里 : Chantal Chicken set a new world record in the engine's kitchen. She repeatedly rode a space elevator up and down, one thousand times in total. For setting the world record she got a sunflower.
重
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
heavy / serious / to attach importance to
重 = 千 + 里 : This one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth and the part in between is the space elevator.
重 = 千 + 里 : Julian Giant Squid installed a space elevator in the engine's bathroom, and now he wants to find out how heavy the load can be. For his first trip he loads 1000 times 1 kilo, and to celebrate the grand opening, he brought a sunflower.
重
重
来
來
to start over / to do sth all over again
来
來
lái = l + ai2
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
來 = 从 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).
来 = 丷 + 未 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

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