揀佛燒香

to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person

Characters and words in 揀佛燒香

to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up

拣 = 扌 + 一 + 东 : Someone opened a popup store in the anthill (an3), and it looks like a Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东). Joan of Arc (ji) enters the shop to buy a new flute (一), and she chooses (拣) the right flute for her with a toy claw (扌).

佛

fó = f + o2

Buddha / Buddhism / abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2]

佛 = 亻 + 弗 : Buddha invited Frankenstein's Monster and Rosa Luxemburg to see his three baskets in the observatory. There he tells them that these are actually magic baskets which are able to fly, so together they start a magical adventure flying through observatory's gate.

佛

彿

fú = fu + Ø2

seemingly

佛

髴

fú = fu + Ø2

(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛[fu2]

佛

fó = f + o2

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

烧

燒

sha̅o = sh + ao1

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

烧 = 尧 + 火 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Tang Yao (尧) are starting a riot in front of the aorta (ao1) by throwing Molotow cocktails (燃烧瓶, ran2 shao1 ping2) at it. Where the bottles burst small fires (火) start, but they go out very quickly.

烧

燒

sha̅o

香

xia̅ng

to burn incense

香

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]

香 = 日 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol from 香草, spices.

Just as the sun is not looking Marie Curie plays a prank on her in front of the anglepod and puts some spices in her bowl of cereals.

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