大厦将倾

大
大
厦
廈
将
將
倾
傾
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation

Characters and words in 大厦将倾

大
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
大
dà = d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
大
大
厦
廈
(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
厦
廈
xià = xi + a4
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
厦
廈
shà = sh + a4
tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4]
厦 = 厂 + 夏 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to investigate the chocolate factory (厂) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but it is located on a tall building (厦). He cannot climb the tall building alone, so he asks a sherpa (夏) for help.
将
將
jia̅ng = ji + ang1
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
将
將
jiàng = ji + ang4
general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead
将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸 : The chess king (将) is commanding (将) his bats (夕) to attack Joan of Arc (ji) with sawdust (丬) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) to punish her for her sins. He gives the command by showing the thumbs up (寸) sign.
将
將
qia̅ng = qi + ang1
to desire / to invite / to request
将
將
jiàng = ji + ang4
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
倾
傾
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out
倾 = 亻 + 顷 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to overturn (倾) the Queen of Heart's (qi) reign, so Rosa starts with tearing down the whole hectare (顷) of wallpaper set up by the queen in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

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