人仰馬翻

人

rén

仰

yǎng

马

馬

mǎ

翻

fa̅n

to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter)

Characters and words in 人仰馬翻

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 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 (㇏).

仰

yǎng = y + ang3

surname Yang

仰 = 亻 + 卬 : Erich Honecker (卬) is not dead: he has become the leader of the anglepod! Deep inside the anglepod (ang3) Maud Younger (y) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) meet him. They have to raise their heads (仰) to admire (仰) him because he is sitting on a very high throne.

仰

yǎng = y + ang3

to face upward / to look up / to admire / to rely on

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一 : A beautiful unicorn rides on top of Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram.

翻

fa̅n = f + an1

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).

翻

飜

fa̅n = f + an1

variant of 翻[fan1]

Words with 人仰馬翻

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