吳越同舟

吴
吳
越
越
同
同
舟
舟
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together

Characters and words in 吳越同舟

吴
吳
wú = w + Ø2
surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
吴 = 口 + 天 : Mnemonic symbol: the water buffalo from Wu.

Willy Walrus (w) enters the space station (Ø2) with a big mandarin (口) in his hands. The water buffalo (吴) sees it and begins to pant heavily, slightly in panic. Fortunately there is an angel (天) around to calm him down and let him know that it's not the sun he's fearing.
吴
吳
越
越
states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
越
yuè = yu + e4
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
越
yuè = yu + e4
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
越 = 戉 + 走 : Yu the Great is extremely mad at all the Nordic walkers in the elevator's bathroom. With a battle-axe, he chops Nordic walking poles into small pieces. The more he chops, the smaller the pieces get.
同
tóng = tu + (e)ng2
like / same / similar / together / alike / with
同 = 冂 + 𠮛 : Tommy Turtle (tu) is stapling (冂) a magical scroll (𠮛) to the wall of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). On it he wrote that he's looking for two twins (mnemonic symbol for 同).
同
衕
tòng = tu + (e)ng4
see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
舟
zho̅u = zh + ou1
boat
舟 = 丹 + ⺀ : Mnemonic symbol: 舟 looks like the tower of a yellow submarine. In front of the outhouse (ou1), James II of England (zh) stands next to his yellow submarine (舟) and asks you: will you swallow the blossom (⺀) and continue your quiet life? Or will you swallow the red pill (丹) and follow him on his adventures in the submarine?

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