挑灯

to light a lamp / to raise a lantern

Characters and words in 挑灯

to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

挑 = 兆 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Mother Teresa (ti) is carrying two vultures (兆) on a toy claw (扌) used as shoulder stick (挑).

挑

tiǎo = ti + ao3

to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

挑 = 兆 + 扌 : Mother Teresa (ti) is lying motionless inside of the aorta (ao3). The vultures (兆) want to know if she's already dead, so they poke (挑) her with a toy claw (扌).

灯

燈

de̅ng = d + (e)ng1

lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

灯 = 丁 + 火 : Don Quixote (d) was going for a walk in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with his lantern (灯) when it suddenly catched fire (火). He used a lantern which utilizes hydrogen, and when he accidentally ripped his lantern open at a nail (丁) on the floor, the hydrogen caught fire.