人定胜天

man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature

Characters and words in 人定胜天

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 (㇏).

人

rén

定

dìng

middle of the night / the dead of night

定

dìng = di + (e)ng4

to set / to fix / to determine / to decide / to order

定 = 宀 + 下 + 人 : "to fix": duct tape. Somebody wanted to tease Dorothy Gale and taped a graduation cap to her head. Neanderthal Man tries to help her by levering the cap off with a ladder in the engine's bathroom.

胜

勝

shèng = sh + (e)ng4

victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)

胜 = 月 + 生 : Sherlock Holmes and the moon both participate in a competition in the engine's bathroom. They have to rock a cradle each and whoever rocks most is the winner.

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.

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