打扮

打

dǎ

扮

ban

to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress

Characters and words in 打扮

打

dá = d + a2

dozen (loanword)

打

dǎ = d + a3

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.

扮

bàn = b + an4

to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

扮 = 分 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) is busy torturing souls in the anthill's bathroom (an4). His victims have to dress up (扮) as their parents, and they have only one minute time, as Beelzebub is stopping the time with a stopwatch (分). Additionally, he is beating them and pulling at their clothes with a toy claw (扌).