to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander
毁
=
臼
+
工
+
殳
:
Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.
谤
=
讠
+
旁
:
Beelzebub (b) set up an advertising column (讠) advertising his bourbon (旁) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but after the people drink his bourbon they only speak ill of (谤) Beelzebub and his bourbon.