斗筲之人

a small-minded person / a bean-counter

Characters and words in 斗筲之人

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 is a matador, who will represent 斗.

= + : In the outhouse, the matador and Don Quixote started to fight. Now they want to settle it once and for all in the bathroom. The matador chose a cross as a weapon, while Don Quixote chose a blossom—to cushion the crosses' blows.
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips / basket (container) for chopsticks / variant of 筲[shao1]
basket / bucket
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

= + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

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