无利不起早

无
無
利
利
不
不
起
起
早
早
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself

Characters and words in 无利不起早

无
無
wú = w + Ø2
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
无 = 一 + 𠂇 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.
无 = 一 + 𠂇 + 乚 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.
Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
无
無
利
利
no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest
利
lì = li + Ø4
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
利 = 刂 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: the rocket Arianne, 亚利安娜.

Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
起
qǐ = qi + Ø3
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
起 = 己 + 走 : The Queen of Hearts is bored in the space station and plays a game involving a nordic walking pole and butcher's hooks. She uses the nordic walking pole to accelerate the hooks and fires them off once they have enough momentum.
早
zǎo = z + ao3
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
早 = 十 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: your very own annoying alarm clock going off in the morning.

The sun (日) is rising above Zorro's (z) alarm clock (早) in the aorta's living room (ao3), but Zorro just smashs it with a big cross (十).

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