撂挑子

(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust

Characters and words in 撂挑子

to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard

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).

挑

tia̅o

子

carrying pole and its load

子

zǐ = z + Ø3

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

子 = 了 + 一 : Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

子

zi = z + Ø5

(noun suffix)

Words with 撂挑子

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