妙語橫生

妙
妙
语
語
横
橫
生
生
to be full of wit and humor

Characters and words in 妙語橫生

妙
miào = mi + ao4
clever / wonderful
妙 = 女 + 少 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) painted a smiley (少) on the wall of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As Bessy Coleman (女) notices the smiley she is totally flabbergasted and tells Marilyn how clever (妙) she must be to paint such a wonderful (妙) smiley (少).
妙
玅
miào = mi + ao4
variant of 妙[miao4]
妙 = 女 + 少 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) painted a smiley (少) on the wall of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As Bessy Coleman (女) notices the smiley she is totally flabbergasted and tells Marilyn how clever (妙) she must be to paint such a wonderful (妙) smiley (少).
妙
妙
语
語
witticism
语
語
yǔ = yu + Ø3
dialect / language / speech
语 = 吾 + 讠 : Yu the Great is seeing some language advertisement on an advertising column in the space station. She decides to paint a big mandarin colored pentagram over the language ad.
语
語
yù = yu + Ø4
to tell to
横
橫
héng = h + (e)ng2
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
横 = 木 + 黄 : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
横
橫
hèng = h + (e)ng4
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected
横
橫
生
生
to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly
生
she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

Words with 妙語橫生

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Sentences with 妙語橫生

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