守口如瓶

守
口
如
瓶
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word

Characters and words in 守口如瓶

守
shǒu = sh + ou3
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
守 = 宀 + 寸 : Sherlock Holmes just graduated from police school and stands guard in the outhouse. Still wearing his graduation cap and carrying a huge shield, he's protecting the outhouse's art. The visitors are a bit afraid of him, so he thumbs up to show them that there's no danger from him.
口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
如
rú = ru + Ø2
as / as if / such as
如 = 口 + 女 : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.
如 = 口 + 女 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.
瓶
píng = pi + (e)ng2
bottle / vase / pitcher / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for wine and liquids
瓶 = 并 + 瓦 : Pocahontas (pi) is amalgamating (并) some roof tiles (瓦) to the opening of a pitcher (瓶) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to collect rainwater.
瓶
缾
píng = pi + (e)ng2
variant of 瓶[ping2]
瓶 = 并 + 瓦 : Pocahontas (pi) is amalgamating (并) some roof tiles (瓦) to the opening of a pitcher (瓶) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to collect rainwater.

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