横七竖八

in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)

Characters and words in 横七竖八

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

= + : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected
seven / 7

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the Seven-Branched (七) Laser Sword. The Queen of Hearts (qi) is testing her new Seven-Branched Laser Sword (七) in front of the space station (Ø1). She's slicing flutes (一) and shovels (乚).
variant of 豎|竖[shu4]
to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

= + : In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is experimenting with different ways of putting a radio (収) on top of a vase (立) in order to use the vase as resonating body to improve the sound quality. In the end he decides that the best way to put the radio is to set it up vertically (竖).
eight; 8

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Words with 横七竖八

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