一手遮天

一
手
遮
天
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses

Characters and words in 一手遮天

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
一
手
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
手
shǒu = sh + ou3
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
遮
zhe̅ = zh + e1
to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal
遮 = 庶 + 辶 : James II of England (zh) sees a bastard (庶) prepare a pile of gladiator sandals (辶) in front of the elevator (e1) and asks himself what this is all about. In fact the bastard tries to cover up (遮) all her shortcomings under the gladiator sandals.
天
tia̅n = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
天 = 一 + 大 : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

Words with 一手遮天

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