曲突徙薪

lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures

Characters and words in 曲突徙薪

surname Qu
bent / crooked / wrong
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) is painting cave paintings (穴) onto the saint bernard dog (犬) while he is sleeping in front of the space station (Ø1), but suddenly (突) the saint bernard dog wakes up and dashes (突) at Tommy Turtle after he quickly finds out what Tommy did to him.
(literary) to change one's residence

= + : Marie Curie (xi) wants to change her residence (徙), but there is a barrier (歨, top) in the space station (Ø3) blocking her path. To get over the barrier she uses a syringe (歨, bottom) to pump up her black sneakers (彳) so she can just jump over the barrier and change her residence (徙) to the other side of the barrier.
fuel / salary

= + : Marie Curie (xi) received her salary (薪) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) which consists of a set of completely new (新) sheets of artificial lawn (艹). Unfortunately they catch fire and prove to be the ideal fuel (薪) for a quickly burning fire: the artificial lawn is burning down within seconds.

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