不同凡响

不

bù

同

tóng

凡

fán

响

響

xiǎng

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run

Characters and words in 不同凡响

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.

不

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

不

bù

同

tóng

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

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]

凡

fán = f + an2

ordinary / commonplace / mundane / temporal / of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) / every / all / whatever / altogether / gist / outline / note of Chinese musical scale

凡 = 丶 + 几 : Mnemonic symbol: 凡高, van Gogh.

Van Gogh (凡) is just about to turn an ordinary (凡) Frankenstein's Monster (f) into a superior being in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Frankenstein's Monster is lying on a normal (凡) table (几), while Van Gogh is body painting him using a petal leaf (丶) as brush.

凡

凢

fán = f + an2

variant of 凡[fan2]