械斗

械

xiè

斗

鬥

dòu

armed confrontation / bust-up between gangs

Characters and words in 械斗

械

xiè = xi + e4

appliance / tool / weapon / shackles / also pr. [jie4]

械 = 戒 + 木 : Marie Curie (xi) finds a turning machine (机械) under a Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). Happily she proceeds to manufacture a ring (戒) for herself.

斗

dǒu = d + ou3

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

斗

dǒu = d + ou3

dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]

斗

鬥

dòu = d + ou4

to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

斗 = ⺀ + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.

The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.