交臂失之

交
臂
失
之
to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity

Characters and words in 交臂失之

交
jia̅o = ji + ao1
to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]
交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.
交
臂
linking arms / arm in arm / very close
臂
bì = bi + Ø4
arm
臂 = 月 + 辟 : The moon (月) got stranded in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where he asks Brunhilde (bi) and the jade dragon (辟) to lend a helping hand (臂). Brunhilde and the jade dragon push up their sleeves and use their arms (臂) to push the moon back into orbit.
失
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
to lose / to miss / to fail
失 = 𠂉 + 大 : Sherlock (sh) locked himself out of the space station (Ø1)! He lost (失) his key (𠂉)! After he was floating in front of the space station for an eternity, a robot (大) came by with a lost+found box (失) which contained his lost key.
之
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
之 = 丶 + 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.

Words with 交臂失之

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