生銹

to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization

Characters and words in 生銹

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

锈

銹

xiù = xi + ou4

to corrode / to rust

锈 = 钅 + 秀 : Marie Curie (xi) is demonstrating in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) how she can magically remove the rust (锈) from a golden harpoon (钅) by dipping it in the toilet. Her secret is that she poured the right chemicals in the toilet earlier.

Words with 生銹

永

yǒng

不

bù

生

she̅ng

锈

銹

xiù

的

螺

luó

丝

絲

si̅

钉

釘

di̅ng

a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed

刀

da̅o

不

bù

磨

mó

要

yào

生

she̅ng

锈

銹