探驪得珠

探
探
骊
驪
得
得
珠
珠
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub

Characters and words in 探驪得珠

探
tàn = t + an4
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
探 = 扌 + 冖 + 八 + 木 : Tecumseh (t) lost an eight-ball (八) during the last billiard game and goes scouting (探) to find it. Eventually he arrives at the anthill's bathroom (an4) and looks under a big Christmas tree (木). He lifts a cooking top (冖) with a toy claw (扌) and finally finds the eight-ball under it.
探 = 扌 + 罙 : Tecumseh (t) is exploring (探) the chimney of a kitchen range (罙) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses two toy claws (扌) to climb inside of it from bottom to top.
骊
驪
lí = li + Ø2
black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon
得
dé = d + e2
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Don Quixote found a magic lamp and rubs it inside the elevator's kitchen. A genie appears and grants Don Quixote his wish for black sneakers. Unfortunately they are second hand and so smelly that Don Quixote instantly catches a disease.
得
de = d + e5
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Because Don Quixote is so disappointed by the black sneakers he got from the genie from the magic lamp, he kicks both very mad from the rooftop of the elevator.
得
děi = d + ei3
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Because Don Quixote kicked the genie's lamp from the rooftop of the Erechtheion as far as to inside of the Eiffel Tower, the genie demands Don Quixote to apologize. Inside of the Eiffel Tower, Don Quixote kowtows to the genie, who takes back the black sneakers he gave to Don Quixote earlier.
珠
zhu̅ = zhu + Ø1
bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
珠 = 朱 + 王 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu), a vermilion flycatcher (朱) and Martin Luther King (王) are playing catch with a black pearl (珠) in front of the space station (Ø1).

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