小隐隐于林,大隐隐于市

an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods; the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)

Characters and words in 小隐隐于林,大隐隐于市

small / tiny / few / young

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).
secret / hidden / concealed / (prefix) crypto-

= + : The pope (阝) and Maud Younger (y) both need to go to the bathroom in the encampment ((e)n3) urgently (急), but they both forgot the secret (隐) pass phrase so they cannot open the door.
to lean upon
faint / indistinct
surname Yu
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
in / at / to / from / by / than / out of

= + : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great was assigned to repair the electrics of the space station's entrance, but instead she was snacking some honey from a honey jar. Now her capacitor got stuck in the honey and she has to use a crowbar to lever it out.
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

= : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : 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.
market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a supermarket.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) started a supermarket (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but all he has for sale right now are berets (亠) and towels (巾). He should have opened it at the beach!

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