機關算盡太聰明,反算了卿卿性命

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

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surname Ji

= + : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.
machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL:臺|台[tai2]

= + : Joan of Arc made a machine that fully automatically manufactures tables out of Christmas trees and tests it in front of the space station.
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL:個|个[ge4]
surname Guan
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

= + : A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.
to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

= + + : In anthill's bathroom it's Susan Saint Bernard versus the Eye of Providence. The Eye of Providence figures that it has no chances against Susan Saint Bernard who yields two double-axes, while he has only a bamboo stick. He calculates that his chance of survival is rather low.
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

= + : Someone or something is using up all the blossoms in the encampment's bathroom, each day one more is missing. Joan of Arc wants to find out when they will be used up, so each day, she measures the remaining blossoms with a tape-measure.
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: from 太后 [tai4 hou4], the empress dowager. The empress dowager prepares for her reign in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) and has a big robot (大) as well as Tecumseh (t) fan her fresh air with petal leaves (丶).
quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) is taking part in a poker tournament in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She was clever (聪) enough to smuggle an ear (耳) into the deck, so she knows that this is exactly the right time to go all-in (总).
intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

= + : A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
let it be / let it pass / forget about it
le = l + e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has completed (了) his preparations to fight the world. There he stands ready, on top of the Elevator (e5), with a sickle (乛) and a crowbar (亅) in his hands.
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

= + : Mnemonic symbol from "to finish" and the shape of the character: a prize cup.

Li Qingzhao (li) is responsible for manufacturing a prize cup (了). She only needs to add a poetic engraving. Unfortunately, she suffers from a writer's block. In the aorta's living room (ao3), someone left a cryptic message engraved on the walls using a sickle (乛), which is still lying on the floor. Being an accomplished poet Li Qingzhao is able to understand the message clearly (了), realizes its poetic potential and starts to engrave it on the prize cup using a crowbar (亅).
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old)
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Marie Curie had a strong character since she was little. Even in her cradle in the engine's bathroom she was only playing with a flail.
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

= + : In engine's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe kow tows before a pointed hat. She thinks that this is her fate.

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