班门弄斧

班
班
门
門
弄
弄
斧
斧
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

Characters and words in 班门弄斧

班
ba̅n = b + an1
surname Ban
班 = 刂 + 王 : Martin Luther King (王) cloned himself to fight Beelzebub (b) in front of the anthill (an1). Both Martins are equipped with kitchen knife (刂), and Beelzebub has no chance against this unique team (班).
班
ba̅n = b + an1
team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
班 = 刂 + 王 : Martin Luther King (王) cloned himself to fight Beelzebub (b) in front of the anthill (an1). Both Martins are equipped with kitchen knife (刂), and Beelzebub has no chance against this unique team (班).
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
surname Men
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.
弄
lòng = lu + (e)ng4
lane / alley
弄 = 王 + 廾 : Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
弄
nòng = nu + (e)ng4
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with
弄 = 王 + 廾 : Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
弄
挵
nòng = nu + (e)ng4
old variant of 弄[nong4]
弄 = 王 + 廾 : Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
弄
衖
lòng = lu + (e)ng4
variant of 弄[long4]
弄 = 王 + 廾 : Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
斧
fǔ = fu + Ø3
hatchet
斧 = 父 + 斤 : Father Time (父) has come to the space station's living room (Ø3) to take Frieda Fox (fu) with him. Frieda has been crushed by giant barbells (斤) while working out, so Father Time has to lever her out with his hatchet (斧).

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