拾金不昧

拾
金
不
昧
to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner

Characters and words in 拾金不昧

拾
shè = sh + e4
to ascend in light steps
拾
shí = sh + Ø2
to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
拾 = 合 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).
金
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.
金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.
金
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.
金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
(negative prefix) / not / no
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
昧
mèi = m + ei4
to conceal / dark
昧 = 日 + 未 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to give the kids of an orphanage the sun (日) as a Christmas present, but he wants to keep it secret, so he asks Ai Weiwei (未) to conceal (昧) the sun for him in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Naturally, with the sun hidden, it gets quite dark (昧).

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